verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compile a list formal (= write a list )
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They’ve compiled a list of children’s clubs and organizations.
compile/collect/gather statistics
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Police have not yet compiled statistics for this year.
draw up/compile a shortlist
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The panel will draw up a shortlist of candidates.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
book
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All of these have assisted me in compiling this book .
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They learn how to compile and use book collections in school, in College and in children's libraries.
collection
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A man called Bukhari went around after Muhammad died and spent sixteen years compiling his collection .
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For ten years he lived in the city, listening to jazz on the radio and compiling an impressive record collection .
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They learn how to compile and use book collections in school, in College and in children's libraries.
dictionary
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In his first book, Talking With Horses, he even went to the extent of compiling a dictionary of horse vocabulary!
figures
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It is our business to collect, compile and publish figures .
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The problem with this type of measure is that compiling the figures is a time-consuming and essentially clerical task.
information
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Their aim is to compile information which will send a frosty message to government environmental ministers.
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Later chroniclers attempted to compile this information into histories of the Empire, and some ventured to make lists of reigning Emperors.
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If he compiled this piece of information himself we have the right to know how he did it.
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Full client participation is essential to ensure accuracy when compiling the information model.
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It has taken Warren Ogden nearly 30 years to compile the information on these machines which began in the mid 1950s.
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A councillor has no right to require an officer of the council to compile information for him.
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Lord knows, it took long enough to compile all the information stored in there.
list
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Elizabeth compiled the following list , with support, of what she likes about living in her own home.
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The company said Sokol and Frazier are compiling a list of potential new directors.
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If you enjoy games, why not compile a list of objective test questions to use in Trivial Pursuits?
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Writer Randall Lane of Forbes magazine compiles an annual list of what athletes earn.
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The software then compiles a list of who has the file.
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A partial accounting compiled by his secretary lists 135.
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When you've compiled a list , hop across to a couple and check them out.
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It would allow staff members to plan future events and meetings as well as to compile a list for holiday cards.
record
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Leeds are compiling an atrocious record in recent cup competitions.
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Stallings, 37, has compiled an 82-42 record in four season at Illinois State.
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Fuller compiled a 20-36 record at San Diego during his two years there.
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He was the head coach at Eastern Michigan from 1985-96, compiling an 185-132 record .
register
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Will local authorities be required to compile a register of people entitled to rebates before the council tax is implemented?
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Section 143 requires local authorities to compile registers of land that might be contaminated and open them for public inspection.
report
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Anita Hardin of the Sentinel staff compiled this report .
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For example, the blizzard hit during the same week the government surveys workers and employers to compile the January employment report .
statistics
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The Anti-Defamation League has compiled hate crime statistics from law enforcement throughout the county and recorded 413 incidents from 1992-94.
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Government officials now compile and release statistics quarterly, not monthly.
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SkyCorder, which looks like a pager, uses a pressure sensor to gather information and a microprocessor to compile the statistics .
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He compiled statistics and asked Marina a hundred questions about food prices, customs, etc.
table
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There are of course difficulties in compiling any such table .
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A capable mathematician and astronomer, he compiled detailed planetary tables for astrological use.
years
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She began compiling the listings seven years ago as a public service.
■ VERB
help
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Arthur D.. Little has been retained to help compile the specifications, it was learned yesterday.
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Spring focus: Burks was the key to an offense that helped the Giants compile baseball's best regular-season record.
use
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The U.S. government's role was to use intercepted communications to compile intelligence on Escobar's support structure.
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Requisitions are used to compile an issue analysis sheet. 7.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A.C. Nielsen Co. compiles the television ratings.
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The book was compiled by a panel of experts, working in conjunction with the publisher.
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They are compiling a dictionary of new words.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Government officials now compile and release statistics quarterly, not monthly.
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Having created a new routine it should be compiled in the normal way and then linked as described on in section 23.1.
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If he compiled this piece of information himself we have the right to know how he did it.
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Michael Atherton compiled a watchful 60 in the first innings.
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Most insurers and health-maintenance organizations compile formularies with committees of doctors and druggists.
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Their aim is to compile information which will send a frosty message to government environmental ministers.
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Together we compiled an article for publication.