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Past tense of compile

regular verb

The past tense of compile is compiled. The past participle is also compiled.

Forms of compile

Base form (V1)compile /kəmˈpaɪl/
Past tense (V2)compiled
Past participle (V3)compiled
Present participlecompiling
Third person singularcompiles

Compiled in a sentence

  • Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
  • 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
  • The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.From the entry macro
  • In debug mode, a compiled binary will include debugging symbols in the DWARF debugging format.2019, Rahul Sharma, Vesa Kaihlavirta, Mastering Rust, 2nd edition, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 500. From the entry dwarf
  • This initial orlay is its heritage, compiled from the words and deeds of those ancestors.2009, Alaric Albertsson, Travels Through Middle Earth. From the entry orlay

Meaning of compile

  1. verb To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
  2. verb To construct; to build.
  3. verb To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

Full definition of compile

Questions about the past tense of compile

What is the past tense of compile?
The past tense of compile is compiled.
What is the past participle of compile?
The past participle of compile is compiled.
Is compile a regular or irregular verb?
Compile is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compile (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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