compatibleadjective
uk/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/us/kəmˈpæt̬.ə.bəl/C1 able to exist, live together, or work successfully with something or someone else:
It was when we started living together that we found we just weren't compatible.
This software may not be compatible with older operating systems.
Such policies are not compatible with democratic government.
Are their two blood groups compatible (= can blood from one person be given to the other person)?
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- Each department in the company has its own mode of operation and none of them are compatible.
- This software allows you to write files from compatible CD-RW drives.
- Because his star sign is Aries, he says he's not compatible with a Pisces.
- An MP's job is just not compatible with family life, especially when the children are very young.
- Do you think that idea is compatible with your Christian faith?
- Each department in the company has its own mode of operation and none of them are compatible.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- jarring
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- strike a balance idiom
- symmetry
- wash
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compatibility
noun [ U ] uk/kəmˌpæt.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/kəmˌpæt̬.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
compatibly
adverb uk/kəmˈpæt.ə.bli/us/kəmˈpæt̬.ə.bli/