compatible.
Capable of working together without conflict.
Meaning & usage
Capable of working together without conflict.
This printer isn't compatible with my computer.
Able to get along well.
My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.
Consistent; congruous.
His actions were compatible with his sermons.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
Something that is compatible with something else.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
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