the job of compiling the inventory took several hours.
Examples of compiling
compiling
Col Needham began compiling details about movies and actors as a boy in England.
From the latimes.com
He has appeared in 11 postseason series, compiling a 5-5 record with a 3.33 ERA.
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Both sides were compiling evidence for the Chelan County trial that was to come.
From the thenewstribune.com
Membership was about 20% in 1983, first year the bureau began compiling numbers.
From the usatoday.com
Is Hoffman, 41, done after compiling a 3.77 ERA in 2008, his highest since 1995?
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Beyond that, they'll probably go about compiling a more complete coaching staff.
From the post-gazette.com
In compiling our own Eagles and Eagles-inspired list, we used Pandora as a tool.
From the sacbee.com
I am also re-reading a series compiling lectures on world literature by Nabokov.
From the independent.co.uk
It would stop the state using racial classifications in compiling official data.
From the economist.com
More examples
Roll up: 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"
Compose: 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
(compiler) a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
(compiler) (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
(compiling) compilation: the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
(Compiler (anime)) Compiler is a two part anime original video animation.
(Compilation (album)) A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from either a single or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ...
(Compilation (Brainbombs album)) Brainbombs is a CD album by Brainbombs that compiles their singles from 1999 to 2007 with live tracks from 1993. It was released in France by Pollymaggoo Records in 2007.