recompile

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verb

To compile again.

“Last-minute changes to source files necessitated several recompiles.”

OriginEnglish compile ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrecompile (third-person singular simple present recompiles, present participle recompiling, simple past and past participle recompiled)

present singular third person recompiles · participle present recompiling · participle past recompiled · past recompiled

  1. transitiveTo compile again.
nounrecompile (plural recompiles)

plural recompiles

  1. computingAn act of recompiling code.

    Last-minute changes to source files necessitated several recompiles.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcompile
  7. Englishrecompile

From re- + compile.

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Cite this entry
APA

recompile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompile

MLA

“recompile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recompile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompile.

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