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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pact1 /adj. kəmˈpækt, ˈkɑmpækt; v. kəmˈpækt;
n. ˈkɑmpækt/USA pronunciation adj. - joined or packed together;
dense;
solid: compact soil. - designed to be small in size or economical in operation:a compact kitchen.
- expressed with few words: a compact review of the news.
v. [~ + object] - to join or pack closely together;
condense:Try to compact this report. - to crush or compress into a tight, solid form:to compact rubbish.
n. [countable] - Clothinga small case containing a mirror and face powder.
- Automotivean automobile larger than a subcompact but smaller than a midsize car.
com•pact•ly, adv. com•pact•ness, n. [uncountable]See -pact-.com•pact2 /ˈkɑmpækt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.;
contract.
See -pact-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pact1 (adj. kəm pakt′, kom-, kom′pakt;v. kəm pakt′;
n. kom′pakt),USA pronunciation adj. - joined or packed together;
closely and firmly united;
dense;
solid:compact soil. - arranged within a relatively small space:a compact shopping center; a compact kitchen.
- designed to be small in size and economical in operation.
- solidly or firmly built:the compact body of a lightweight wrestler.
- expressed concisely;
pithy;
terse;
not diffuse:a compact review of the week's news. - composed or made (usually fol. by of ):a book compact of form and content.
- MathematicsAlso, bicompact. (of a set) having the property that in any collection of open sets whose union contains the given set there exists a finite number of open sets whose union contains the given set;
having the property that every open cover has a finite subcover.
v.t. - to join or pack closely together;
consolidate;
condense. - to make firm or stable.
- to form or make by close union or conjunction;
make up or compose. - Metallurgyto compress (metallic or metallic and nonmetallic powders) in a die to be sintered.
- to crush into compact form for convenient disposal or for storage until disposal:to compact rubbish.
n. - a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge.
- AutomotiveAlso called com′pact car′. an automobile that is smaller than an intermediate but larger than a subcompact and generally has a combined passenger and luggage volume of 100–110 cu. ft. (2.8–3.1 m3).
- Metallurgy(in powder metallurgy) an object to be sintered formed of metallic or of metallic and nonmetallic powders compressed in a die.
- Latin compāctus (past participle of compingere to shut away, bind together), equivalent. to com- com- + pag-, variant stem of pangere to fix, arrange (akin to pāx peace; compare pact, compact2) + -tus past participle suffix
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged small, snug.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged concise, succinct, brief.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged compress.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stabilize, solidify.
com•pact2 (kom′pakt),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.;
contract:the proposed economic compact between Germany and France.
- Latin compactum, compectum, noun, nominal use of neuter of compactus (past participle of compacīscī to make an agreement), equivalent. to com- com- + pac- (stem of pacīscī to secure by negotiation, akin to pāx settlement ending hostilities, peace) + -tus past participle ending
- 1580–90
treaty, pact, entente, convention, concordat. See agreement. |