Combine vs. Compile

Combineverb

(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

‘Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.’; ‘I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.’;

Compileverb

(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.

Combineverb

(transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.

‘Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.’;

Compileverb

(obsolete) To construct, build.

Combineverb

(intransitive) To come together; to unite.

‘two substances that easily combine’;

Compileverb

To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

‘After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.’;

Combineverb

(card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.

Compileverb

To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

‘There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile.’;

Combineverb

(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

Compileverb

To contain or comprise.

Combinenoun

A combine harvester

‘We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.’;

Compileverb

(obsolete) To write; to compose.

Combinenoun

A combination

Compilenoun

(programming) An act of compiling code.

Combinenoun

Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.

‘The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.’;

Compileverb

To put together; to construct; to build.

‘Before that Merlin died, he did intendA brazen wall in compass to compile.’;

Combinenoun

An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.

Compileverb

To contain or comprise.

‘Which these six books compile.’;

Combineverb

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.

‘So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined.’; ‘Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind.’; ‘And all combined, save what thou must combineBy holy marriage.’; ‘Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined.’;

Compileverb

To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents.

‘He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome.’;

Combineverb

To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

‘I am combined by a sacred vow.’;

Compileverb

To write; to compose.

Combineverb

To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.

‘You with your foes combine,And seem your own destruction to design’; ‘So sweet did harp and voice combine.’;

Compileverb

to process (computer program source code) with a compiler{2} to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language.

Combineverb

To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.

Compileverb

get or gather together;

‘I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife’; ‘She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis’; ‘She rolled up a small fortune’;

Combineverb

In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.

Compileverb

put together out of existing material;

‘compile a list’;

Combinenoun

harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field

Compileverb

use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

Combinenoun

a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;

‘they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly’;

Combinenoun

an occurrence that results in things being united

Combineverb

put or add together;

‘combine resources’;

Combineverb

have or possess in combination;

‘she unites charm with a good business sense’;

Combineverb

combine so as to form a whole; mix;

‘compound the ingredients’;

Combineverb

add together from different sources;

‘combine resources’;

Combineverb

join for a common purpose or in a common action;

‘These forces combined with others’;

Combineverb

gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Combineverb

mix together different elements;

‘The colors blend well’;