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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1426|origins=la compīlō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌkɒm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ ''(UK)''; /ˌkɑm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|compilacioun]], [[bor|fro|compilacion|t=compilation, collection]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|compīlātiō|t=a compilation; literally a pillaging]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|compīlō|t=to plunder]] (see [[compile]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ That which is compiled, a literary work formed by bringing together material from others: 1426 in the OED, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The action of compiling is from about 1430.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Heaping or piling together, accumulation, is from 1598.^(OED 1989) In computing, the translation of a program into machine code is from 1960,^(OED 1989) and the compilation film, assembled from various sources, from 1953.^(OED 1989) A collection of recordings, as a compilation album, is a common modern use.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1426 – a compiled work.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1430 – the act of compiling.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1598 – accumulation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1953 – compilation film.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1960 – compilation in computing.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Something compiled, such as a list, report, [[anthology]] or collection of recordings.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act or process of compiling.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(computing)'' The translation of a program into machine code by a [[compiler]].^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[precompilation]]

+ * [[recompilation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[compile]]

+ * [[compiler]]

+ * [[pile]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}