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Webster 1913 Edition


Compilation

Com′pi-la′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
compilatio
: cf. F.
compilation
.]
1.
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
2.
That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
His [Goldsmith’s]
compilations
are widely distinguished from the
compilations
of ordinary bookmakers.
Macaulay.

Definition 2024


compilation

compilation

English

Noun

compilation (countable and uncountable, plural compilations)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
  2. (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
  3. (uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Synonyms

  • (the act or process of compiling): compilement
  • (something compiled):
  • (source code translation into object code):

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

compilation f (plural compilations)

  1. compilation (all senses)