compilation
compilation Lexical Profile
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• noun
A book, album, film, or other work produced by assembling previously separate items, recordings, or articles into a single collection.
"The record label released a special compilation of the band's greatest hits from the 1990s."
The action or process of gathering, organizing, and assembling information, documents, or materials from various sources.
"The compilation of the annual census report required months of meticulous data verification."
In computing, the process of translating source code written in a high-level programming language into machine code or bytecode that a computer can execute.
"A syntax error in the main module caused the software compilation to fail."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French 'compilacion', from Latin 'compilationem' (a pillaging or plundering), derived from the verb 'compilare' (to plunder, rob, or gather from other sources).