compilation

English compile +‎ -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒmpɪˈleɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑmpɪˈleɪʃən/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /kamˌpajˈleːʃan/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.

   Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of best songs they'd heard at the festival.

3. (countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

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

• compilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Compilation (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pi.la.sjɔ̃/

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compilation f (plural compilations)

1. compilation (all senses)

• “compilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.