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7-letter words (2 found)

ACCOMPT,COMPACT,

6-letter words (1 found)

CAPCOM,

5-letter words (6 found)

CAMPO,CAPOT,COACT,COAPT,COMPT,OCCAM,

4-letter words (16 found)

ATOC,ATOM,ATOP,CAMO,CAMP,CAPO,COAT,COCA,COMA,COMP,MOAT,OCTA,PACO,PACT,TACO,TAMP,

3-letter words (33 found)

ACT,AMP,APO,APT,CAM,CAP,CAT,COP,COT,MAC,MAP,MAT,MOA,MOC,MOP,MOT,OAT,OCA,OMA,OPA,OPT,PAC,PAM,PAT,POA,POM,POT,TAM,TAO,TAP,TOC,TOM,TOP,

2-letter words (10 found)

AM,AT,MA,MO,OM,OP,PA,PO,TA,TO,

You can make 68 words from compact according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of compact

compact

Pronunciation

  • Noun:
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmˌpækt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmˌpækt/
  • Adjective:
    • (UK) IPA(key): /kəmˈpækt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpækt/, /ˈkɑmˌpækt/
  • Verb:
    • (US, UK) IPA(key): /kəmˈpækt/
  • Rhymes: (adjective, verb) -ækt

Etymology 1

From Latin compactum (“agreement”).

Noun

compact (plural compacts)

  1. An agreement or contract.
    Synonyms: agreement, contract, pact, treaty
Derived terms
  • interstate compact
  • social compact
Translations

Verb

compact (third-person singular simple present compacts, present participle compacting, simple past and past participle compacted)

  1. (intransitive) To form an agreement or contract.

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

compact (comparative more compact or compacter, superlative most compact or compactest)

  1. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
    Synonyms: concentrated, crowded, dense, serried; see also Thesaurus:compact
    Hyponym: ultracompact
  2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
  4. (topology, not comparable, 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.
    Synonym: quasi-compact
    2. (topology, not comparable, of a topological space) Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.
  5. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
  6. (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
  7. (obsolete) Composed or made; with of.
Usage notes

The two mathematical senses are favoured by different mathematicians and in different branches of mathematics. Mathematicians who use compact to mean sense 3.1 use the term quasi-compact to refer to sense 3; this usage is particularly common in algebraic geometry.

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Noun

compact (plural compacts)

  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 one's pocket.
  2. An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.
  3. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
Translations

Verb

compact (third-person singular simple present compacts, present participle compacting, simple past and past participle compacted)

  1. (transitive) To make more dense; to compress.
  2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
Synonyms
  • (make more dense): compress, condense; see also Thesaurus:compress
Translations

See also

  • Compact (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • accompt

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French compact, from Latin compāctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔmˈpɑkt/
  • Hyphenation: com‧pact
  • Rhymes: -ɑkt

Adjective

compact (comparative compacter, superlative compactst)

  1. compact (closely packed), dense
  2. compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • compactheid

French

Etymology

From Latin compāctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pakt/

Adjective

compact (feminine compacte, masculine plural compacts, feminine plural compactes)

  1. compact (closely packed), dense
  2. compact (having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space)

Derived terms

  • disque compact

Descendants

  • → Romanian: compact
  • → Turkish: kompakt

Noun

compact m (plural compacts)

  1. compact disc
    Synonyms: Compact Disc, disque compact
  2. music center (US), music centre (UK)
  3. compact camera

Further reading

  • “compact”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French compact, from Latin compactus.

Adjective

compact m or n (feminine singular compactă, masculine plural compacți, feminine and neuter plural compacte)

  1. compact

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org