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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsadjective: /kəmˈpækt/ /ˈkɒmpækt/, noun: /ˈkɒmpækt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/adj. kəmˈpækt, ˈkɑmpækt; v. kəmˈpækt; n. ˈkɑmpækt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(adj. kəm pakt′, kom-, kom′pakt; v. kəm pakt′; n. kom′pakt)

com•pact¹ /adj. kəmˈpækt, ˈkɑmpækt; v. kəmˈpækt;
n. ˈkɑmpækt/USA pronunciation adj.

joined or packed together;
dense;
solid: compact soil.
designed to be small in size or economical in operation:a compact kitchen.
expressed with few words: a compact review of the news.

v. [~ + object]

to join or pack closely together;
condense:Try to compact this report.
to crush or compress into a tight, solid form:to compact rubbish.

n. [countable]

Clothinga small case containing a mirror and face powder.
Automotivean automobile larger than a subcompact but smaller than a midsize car.

com•pact•ly, adv.
com•pact•ness, n. [uncountable]See -pact-.

com•pact² /ˈkɑmpækt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Governmenta formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.;
contract.

See -pact-.

com•pact¹ (adj. kəm pakt′, kom-, kom′pakt;v. kəm pakt′;
n. kom′pakt),USA pronunciation adj.

joined or packed together;
closely and firmly united;
dense;
solid:compact soil.
arranged within a relatively small space:a compact shopping center; a compact kitchen.
designed to be small in size and economical in operation.
solidly or firmly built:the compact body of a lightweight wrestler.
expressed concisely;
pithy;
terse;
not diffuse:a compact review of the week's news.
composed or made (usually fol. by of ):a book compact of form and content.
MathematicsAlso, bicompact. (of a set) having the property that in any collection of open sets whose union contains the given set there exists a finite number of open sets whose union contains the given set;
having the property that every open cover has a finite subcover.

v.t.

to join or pack closely together;
consolidate;
condense.
to make firm or stable.
to form or make by close union or conjunction;
make up or compose.
Metallurgyto compress (metallic or metallic and nonmetallic powders) in a die to be sintered.
to crush into compact form for convenient disposal or for storage until disposal:to compact rubbish.

a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge.
AutomotiveAlso called com′pact car′. an automobile that is smaller than an intermediate but larger than a subcompact and generally has a combined passenger and luggage volume of 100–110 cu. ft. (2.8–3.1 m³).
Metallurgy(in powder metallurgy) an object to be sintered formed of metallic or of metallic and nonmetallic powders compressed in a die.

Latin compāctus (past participle of compingere to shut away, bind together), equivalent. to com- com- + pag-, variant stem of pangere to fix, arrange (akin to pāx peace; compare pact, compact²) + -tus past participle suffix
late Middle English 1375–1425

com•pact′ed•ly, adv.
com•pact′ed•ness, n.
com•pact′ly, adv.
com•pact′ness, n.

com•pact² (kom′pakt),USA pronunciation n.

Governmenta formal agreement between two or more parties, states, etc.;
contract:the proposed economic compact between Germany and France.

Latin compactum, compectum, noun, nominal use of neuter of compactus (past participle of compacīscī to make an agreement), equivalent. to com- com- + pac- (stem of pacīscī to secure by negotiation, akin to pāx settlement ending hostilities, peace) + -tus past participle ending
1580–90

agreement.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

compact adj /kəmˈpækt; ˈkɒmpækt/

closely packed together; dense
neatly fitted into a restricted space
concise; brief
well constructed; solid; firm
(followed by of) composed or made up (of)

vb /kəmˈpækt/ (transitive)

to pack or join closely together; compress; condense
(followed by of) to create or form by pressing together: sediment compacted of three types of clay
to compress (a metal powder) to form a stable product suitable for sintering

n /ˈkɒmpækt/

a small flat case containing a mirror, face powder, etc, designed to be carried in a woman's handbag
US Canadian a comparatively small and economical car

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin compactus, from compingere to put together, from com- together + pangere to fastencomˈpactly adv comˈpactness n

compact /ˈkɒmpækt/ n

an official contract or agreement

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin compactum, from compaciscī to agree, from com- together + paciscī to contract; see pact

'compact' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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