?What does it mean to compile a report
transitive verb. 1 : to compose out of materials from other documents compile a statistical chart. 2 : to collect and edit into a volume compile a book of poems. 3 : to build up gradually compiled a record of four wins and two losses. 4 : to run (something, such as a program) through a compiler.
to compile a list of names
5 : to collect or gather for a book, hobby, etc.
6 : (Computing) to create (a set of machine instructions) from a high-level programming language, using a compiler
(C14: from Latin compilare to pile together, plunder, from com- together + pilare to thrust down, packto make or compose from other materials or sources
to compile a list of name