əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt ə.ˈkjum.jə.ˌleɪt əˈmæs kəˈlɛkt kəmpʌɪl kəmˈpaɪl kəmˈpoʊz kəmˈpəʊz put together out of existing material compile a list use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed 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