verb · neutral
compile
/kəmˈpaɪl/com·PILE
To collect information from different places and arrange it together in a single document or list.
Examples
“She compiled the statistics from several studies into one table.”
“The committee compiled a short list of candidates.”
“I need to compile references for my bibliography.”
Band 8 sentence
“For the review, I compiled data from multiple peer‑reviewed journals and arranged the results by methodology and outcome.”
Collocations
- compile data
- compile a list
Word family
Common mistakes
I will compile from many books.→I will compile information from many books.
She compiled the research last month (meaning she did the research).→She compiled the research findings last month.
Say it for a higher band
5collect→6gather→7+compile
Synonyms
collect
assemble
Easily confused
collect
“The team collected data from ten villages.”
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