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com·pact1 • adj. / kəmˈpakt; käm-; ˈkämˌpakt/ 1. closely and neatly packed together; dense: a compact cluster of houses. ∎ having all the necessary components or features neatly fitted into a small space: a compact car. ∎ (of a person or animal) small, solid, and well-proportioned. ∎ (of speech or writing) concise in expression. 2. (compact of) archaic composed or made up of. • v. / kəmˈpakt; käm-/ [tr.] (often be compacted) exert force on (something) to make it more dense; compress: the soil may be compacted by iron oxide. ∎ [intr.] (of a substance) become compressed in this way: the snow hardened and compacted. ∎ archaic form (something) by pressing its component parts firmly together. ∎ express in fewer words; condense: the ideas are compacted into two sentences. • n. / ˈkämˌpakt/ 1. a small flat case containing face powder, a mirror, and a powder puff. 2. something that is a small and conveniently shaped example of its kind, in particular: ∎ short for compact car. 3. Metallurgy a mass of powdered metal compacted together in preparation for sintering. DERIVATIVES: com·pac·tion / kəmˈpakshən/ n. com·pact·ly adv. com·pact·ness n. com·pac·tor / kəmˈpaktər; käm-; ˈkämˌpaktər/ (also com·pact·er) n. com·pact2 • n. / ˈkämˌpakt/ a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties. • v. / kəmˈpakt; käm-; ˈkämˌpakt/ [tr.] make or enter into (a formal agreement) with another party or parties: the Democratic Party compacted an alliance with dissident groups. |
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"compact." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "compact." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-compact.html "compact." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-compact.html |
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COMPACTAn agreement, treaty, or contract. The term compact is most often applied to agreements among states or between nations on matters in which they have a common concern. The Constitution contains the compact clause, which prohibits one state from entering into a compact with another state without the consent of Congress. |
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"Compact." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Compact." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700996.html "Compact." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700996.html |
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compact 2 closely packed or knit together. XIV. — L. compactus, pp. of compingere put closely together, f. COM- + pangere fasten.
Hence compact sb. compact make-up powder, etc. XX. So compact vb. join firmly together. XVI. f. pp. stem of L. compingere. |
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T. F. HOAD. "compact." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "compact." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-compact1.html T. F. HOAD. "compact." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-compact1.html |
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compact n. a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties.
v. make or enter into (a formal agreement) with another party or parties: the Democratic Party compacted an alliance with dissident groups. |
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"compact." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "compact." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-compact.html "compact." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-compact.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "compact." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "compact." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-compact.html T. F. HOAD. "compact." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-compact.html |
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•abreact, abstract, act, attract, bract, compact, contract, counteract, diffract, enact, exact, extract, fact, humpbacked, hunchbacked, impact, interact, matter-of-fact, pact, protract, redact, refract, retroact, subcontract, subtract, tact, tract, transact, unbacked, underact, untracked
•play-act • autodidact
•artefact (US artifact) • cataract
•contact
•marked, unremarked
•Wehrmacht
•affect, bisect, bull-necked, collect, confect, connect, correct, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, infect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, neglect, object, perfect, project, prospect, protect, reflect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, transect, unchecked, Utrecht
•prefect • abject • retroject • intellect
•genuflect • idiolect • dialect • aspect
•circumspect • retrospect • Dordrecht
•vivisect • architect • unbaked
•sun-baked
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"compact." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "compact." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-compact.html "compact." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-compact.html |
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