compile

Related to compile: comply

compile (something) from (something)

To assemble something from component parts. Don't worry, I'm compiling a study guide from the notes I took this semester.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

compile something from something

to make up something from something; to collect and consolidate something from something. She compiled a book of poetry from verses written by her friends. Lynn compiled a picture book from family photographs going back almost a century.
See also: compile
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • compile (something) from (something)
  • compile from
  • be strong on (something)
  • be strong on something
  • as far as (something) goes
  • as far as that goes
  • be able to count (someone or something) on one hand
  • be able to count (someone or something) on the fingers of one hand
  • be able to count somebody/something on one hand
  • build a case
References in periodicals archive
16, "Determining If the Accountant Has 'Submitted' Financial Statements Even When Not Engaged to Compile or Review Financial Statements," provides guidance on submission.
Now that we added our targeted architectures, let's compile our game!
Examples of specified elements, accounts, or items of a financial statement that an accountant may compile include schedules of rentals, royalties, profit participation, or provision for income taxes.
In the first generation of XcelENTS's development, the company's media relations consultants used a standard application database (MS Access) to compile and research data.
An unexpected bonus though, was compile times which actually dropped by a factor of 2.5, allowing for faster design iterations."
In accordance with the Hate Crime Statistics Act and its subsequent amendments, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program compiles data regarding crimes motivated by racial, religious, disability, sexual-orientation, and ethnicity/national origin biases.
The Federal Operating Permit Program (Title V) of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendment requires many foundries to compile comprehensive air emissions inventories.
If everything runs well, compile them using the TDBS compiler.
This article shows the steps involved in setting up an NDK project to compile for multiple target platforms.
Nothing in this Statement is intended to preclude an accountant from preparing or assisting in the preparation of pro forma financial information and submitting such pro forma financial information to the client without the issuance of a compilation report, unless the accountant has been engaged to compile such pro forma financial information.
GaREIA will compile the information received and forward to the U.S.
''We could start drafting (employment) measures if it is certain that the bill will be submitted to the ordinary session.'' A decision on whether, and when, to compile a supplementary budget should be made soon, he said.
To achieve this end, the IACP actively sought to amend the legislation that established the identification work of the FBI to include authorization to collect, compile, and distribute "other crime records." The bill was passed by Congress and then approved by President Herbert Hoover on June 11, 1930.
But it took quite long to compile an Urdu dictionary devoted entirely for literary terms.