Compact

Pronunciation

• RP
• (nouns) IPA: /ˈkÉ’mpækt/
• (adjective) as the noun or verb
• (verb) IPA: /kÉ™mˈpækt/
• Canada IPA: /ˈkÊŒmpækt/ or IPA: /kÉ™mˈpækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

From Latin compactum ("agreement").

Full definition of compact

Noun

1. An agreement or contract.

Synonyms

• agreement, contract, pact, treaty

From Middle French, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō ("join together"), from com- ("together") + pangō ("fasten"), from Proto-Indo-European *pag- ("to fasten").

Adjective

1. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
• Isaac Newtonglass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies
2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.a compact laptop computer
3. (mathematics, uncomparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.
4. (topology, uncomparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
5. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.a compact discourse
6. (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
• Shakespearecompact with her that's gone
• Peachama pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together
7. (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
• MiltonA wandering fire,
  Compact of unctuous vapour.

Synonyms

• (closely packed) concentrated, dense, serried, solid, thick, tight

Derived terms

• compact car
• compact disc
• locally compact

Noun

1. A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into ones pocket.
2. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
• 2012, BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16576612:The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
• Bible, Eph. iv. 16The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.

Synonyms

• (make more dense) compress, condense

Anagrams

• accompt