verb · academic
compile
/kəmˈpaɪl/com·PILE
Band 7+task1task2speaking
to collect information from different places and arrange it together
Examples
“They compiled a list of recommended readings for the course.”
“We compiled the data from five studies into one table.”
“The report was compiled by a team of analysts.”
Band 8 sentence
“To create a comprehensive literature review, we compiled findings from dozens of primary sources and synthesised the trends.”
Collocations
- compile data/statistics
- compile a report/list
- compile information from
Word family
compilation nouncompiler noun
Common mistakes
compose→compile
collect only→compile
Say it for a higher band
5collect→6gather→7+compile
Synonyms
assemble
Easily confused
assemble
“The team assembled the parts and tested the machine.”
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