compile – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of compile

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to compile
Participle: compiled
Gerund: compiling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icompile
youcompile
he;she;itcompiles
wecompile
youcompile
theycompile

Perfect

Ihave compiled
youhave compiled
he;she;ithas compiled
wehave compiled
youhave compiled
theyhave compiled

Past

Icompiled
youcompiled
he;she;itcompiled
wecompiled
youcompiled
theycompiled

Pluperfect

Ihad compiled
youhad compiled
he;she;ithad compiled
wehad compiled
youhad compiled
theyhad compiled

Future

Iwill compile
youwill compile
he;she;itwill compile
wewill compile
youwill compile
theywill compile

Future Perfect

Iwill have compiled
youwill have compiled
he;she;itwill have compiled
wewill have compiled
youwill have compiled
theywill have compiled

Subjunctive

Present

Icompile
youcompile
he;she;itcompile
wecompile
youcompile
theycompile

Perfect

Ihave compiled
youhave compiled
he;she;ithave compiled
wehave compiled
youhave compiled
theyhave compiled

Imperfect

Icompiled
youcompiled
he;she;itcompiled
wecompiled
youcompiled
theycompiled

Pluperfect

Ihad compiled
youhad compiled
he;she;ithad compiled
wehad compiled
youhad compiled
theyhad compiled

Conditional

Present

Iwould compile
youwould compile
he;she;itwould compile
wewould compile
youwould compile
theywould compile

Perfect

Iwould have compiled
youwould have compiled
he;she;itwould have compiled
wewould have compiled
youwould have compiled
theywould have compiled

Imperative

youcompile
weLet's compile
youcompile

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam compiling
youare compiling
he;she;itis compiling
weare compiling
youare compiling
theyare compiling

Perfect

Ihave been compiling
youhave been compiling
he;she;ithas been compiling
wehave been compiling
youhave been compiling
theyhave been compiling

Past

Iwas compiling
youwere compiling
he;she;itwas compiling
wewere compiling
youwere compiling
theywere compiling

Pluperfect

Ihad been compiling
youhad been compiling
he;she;ithad been compiling
wehad been compiling
youhad been compiling
theyhad been compiling

Future

Iwill be compiling
youwill be compiling
he;she;itwill be compiling
wewill be compiling
youwill be compiling
theywill be compiling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been compiling
youwill have been compiling
he;she;itwill have been compiling
wewill have been compiling
youwill have been compiling
theywill have been compiling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be compiling
youwould be compiling
he;she;itwould be compiling
wewould be compiling
youwould be compiling
theywould be compiling

Perfect

Iwould have been compiling
youwould have been compiling
he;she;itwould have been compiling
wewould have been compiling
youwould have been compiling
theywould have been compiling

Other

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. early 14c., from O.Fr. compiler, from L. compilare "to snatch together, plunder, heap," from com- "together" + pilare "to compress, ram down."
2. From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”). See: Old French 'compiler', Latin 'compīlō'.

Verbs referencing "compile"

German, old spelling kompilieren, Polish kompilować, Finnish with old forms kompiloida.

Sample Sentences

  • Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
  • So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational. [2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:]
  • Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […] [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
  • Steve Davis compiled a 147.
  • After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.
  • There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.
  • After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile. [1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXXX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature F, verso:]
  • They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice [1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. […], London: […] T. M. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, section II, page 188:]