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compiled

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //kəmˈpaɪɫd// UK //kəmpˈaɪld// com·piled

v. to collect information from different places and put it together into one list, book, or report. You use this when you need to organize many small pieces of data into a single document.

v. to produce a single work by collecting and formatting information from various sources. Transitive — requires a direct object representing the resulting collection or the data being gathered.


SIMPLE

She compiled a list of all the local restaurants.

CONTEXTUAL

The researchers compiled data from over fifty different studies to create their final report on climate change.

COMPLEX

After months of archival research, the historian compiled a comprehensive database of every merchant ship that had docked at the port during the eighteenth century.

Synonyms
Usage

The verb is transitive and often takes the preposition 'from' to indicate the source of the information.

Pitfall

The report was compiled of many factsThe report was compiled from many factsLearners often confuse 'compiled from' with 'composed of' or 'consists of'.

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