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COMPILING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
Example:
the job of compiling the inventory took several hours
Synonyms:
compilation; compiling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("compiling" is a kind of...):
aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)
Derivation:
compile (put together out of existing material)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb compile
