Compiler Definition

kəm-pīlər
compilers
noun
compilers
One that compiles.
A compiler of anthologies.
American Heritage
A person or thing that compiles; specif., a computer program that translates instructions, other programs, etc. in a high-level language into machine language.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • compiling program

Other Word Forms of Compiler

Noun

Singular:
compiler
Plural:
compilers

Origin of Compiler

  • From Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compilatorem.

    From Wiktionary

Compiler Sentence Examples

  • As a map compiler Ptolemy does not take a high rank.

  • Burmann was rather a compiler than a critic; his commentaries show immense learning and accuracy, but are wanting in taste and judgment.

  • The compiler of this work, however, seems to have used a regnal list of the Bernician kings, which differed considerably from most of those found in our early authorities.

  • It is from a similar standpoint that Aaron is condemned for the manufacture of the golden calf, and a compiler (not the original writer) finds its sequel in the election of the faithful Levites.'

  • Thus the compiler lived at least two generations after Ezra.

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