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Compact
Found in thesaurus: case, written agreement, auto, car, automobile, machine, motorcar, be, set up, arrange, squeeze, wedge, force, tighten
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compact
adj.
pressed tightly together; fitted into a small space; dense; condensed; consolidated; concise
v.
pack tightly together, condense; closely combine, consolidate; form, make up; contract together, form an agreement
n.
pact, agreement; small folding cosmetic mirror; small car
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Compact
Compact as used in politics may refer broadly to a pact or treaty; in more specific cases it may refer to:
- The Compact, the agreement between the government and the voluntary and community sector in England
- Interstate compact
- Compact government, a type of colonial rule utilized in British North America
- Compact of Free Association whereby the sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau have entered into as associated states with the United States.
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compact
Noun
1. a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
(synonym) powder compact
(hypernym) case
2. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
(synonym) covenant, concordat
(hypernym) written agreement
(hyponym) Lateran Treaty
3. a small and economical car
(synonym) compact car
(hypernym) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
Verb
1. have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
(synonym) pack
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) pack, bundle, wad
(derivation) compaction, compression, concretion, densification
2. compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
(synonym) pack, bundle, wad
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) puddle
(verb-group) pack
(derivation) crush, crunch, compaction
3. make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
(synonym) compress, pack together
(hypernym) wedge, squeeze, force
(hyponym) tamp down, tamp, pack
(entail) press
(derivation) crush, crunch, compaction
4. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
(synonym) compress, constrict, squeeze, contract, press
(hypernym) tighten
(hyponym) choke, strangle
Adjective
1. closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
(antonym) loose
(similar) clayey, cloggy, heavy
(see-also) concentrated
2. closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"
(synonym) dense, thick
(similar) concentrated
3. heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man"
(synonym) heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
(similar) fat
4. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"
(synonym) compendious, succinct, summary
(similar) concise
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compact
adj.
compact, dense, solid
compact
nm.
compact
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compact
n.
compact disc, small disk used for storing computerized information
