# compiling

Pronunciation: say "kuhm-PYL-ing" US/UK /kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ/, AUS /kəmˈpɑɪlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of compile. — present participle and gerund of compile
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of compile. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _The committee is compiling evidence from dozens of witnesses._
   - _Compiling the annual report kept the whole team busy for weeks._

## Noun

2. The act of gathering separate items together into a single collection; a compilation.
   - Simple: The act of putting many separate things together into one collection.
   - _The compiling of the encyclopedia required hundreds of contributors over a decade._
   - _Months of compiling went into the final anthology of regional folk songs._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/compiling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).