compact.
An agreement or contract.
Meaning & usage
An agreement or contract.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”).
To form an agreement or contract.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”).
Agreed, contracted.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”).
Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
a compact laptop computer
Brief and pithy; not verbose.
a compact discourse
Of a topological space: Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.
Of a topological space: Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
Composed or made; with of.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French compact, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).
A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.
An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French compact, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).
To make more dense; to compress.
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French compact, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix, fasten”).
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