Meaning of "compact" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMPACT

From Latin compactus, from compingere to put together, from com- together + pangere to fasten.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COMPACT

compact  [kəmˈpækt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPACT

Compact is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb compact in English.

WHAT DOES COMPACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Compact

Compact as used in politics may refer broadly to a pact or treaty; in more specific cases it may refer to: ▪ The Compact, the agreement between the government and the voluntary and community sector in England ▪ Interstate compact ▪ Compact government, a type of colonial rule utilized in British North America ▪ Compact of Free Association whereby the sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau have entered into as associated states with the United States.

Definition of compact in the English dictionary

The first definition of compact in the dictionary is closely packed together; dense. Other definition of compact is neatly fitted into a restricted space. Compact is also concise; brief.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COMPACT

PRESENT

Present

I compact

you compact

he/she/it compacts

we compact

you compact

they compact

Present continuous

I am compacting

you are compacting

he/she/it is compacting

we are compacting

you are compacting

they are compacting

Present perfect

I have compacted

you have compacted

he/she/it has compacted

we have compacted

you have compacted

they have compacted

Present perfect continuous

I have been compacting

you have been compacting

he/she/it has been compacting

we have been compacting

you have been compacting

they have been compacting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I compacted

you compacted

he/she/it compacted

we compacted

you compacted

they compacted

Past continuous

I was compacting

you were compacting

he/she/it was compacting

we were compacting

you were compacting

they were compacting

Past perfect

I had compacted

you had compacted

he/she/it had compacted

we had compacted

you had compacted

they had compacted

Past perfect continuous

I had been compacting

you had been compacting

he/she/it had been compacting

we had been compacting

you had been compacting

they had been compacting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will compact

you will compact

he/she/it will compact

we will compact

you will compact

they will compact

Future continuous

I will be compacting

you will be compacting

he/she/it will be compacting

we will be compacting

you will be compacting

they will be compacting

Future perfect

I will have compacted

you will have compacted

he/she/it will have compacted

we will have compacted

you will have compacted

they will have compacted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been compacting

you will have been compacting

he/she/it will have been compacting

we will have been compacting

you will have been compacting

they will have been compacting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would compact

you would compact

he/she/it would compact

we would compact

you would compact

they would compact

Conditional continuous

I would be compacting

you would be compacting

he/she/it would be compacting

we would be compacting

you would be compacting

they would be compacting

Conditional perfect

I would have compact

you would have compact

he/she/it would have compact

we would have compact

you would have compact

they would have compact

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been compacting

you would have been compacting

he/she/it would have been compacting

we would have been compacting

you would have been compacting

they would have been compacting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you compact
we let´s compact
you compact

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to compact

Past participle

compacted

Present Participle

compacting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «COMPACT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «compact» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of compact

agreement · alliance · arrangement · bargain · bond · brief · compress · compressed · concise · concordat · condense · condensed · contract · covenant · cram · deal · dense · diminutive · dinky · entente · epigrammatic · firm · impenetrable · impermeable · laconic · little · mini · pact · petite · pithy · pocket-sized · pointed · small · solid · stuff · succinct · tamp · terse · thick · tiny · to the point · treaty · understanding · wee

TRANSLATION OF COMPACT

Find out the translation of compact to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of compact from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «compact» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 紧凑的
• Translator English - Spanish: compacto
• English: compact
• Translator English - Hindi: कॉम्पैक्ट
• Translator English - Arabic: مَضْغُوط
• Translator English - Russian: компактный
• Translator English - Portuguese: compacto
• Translator English - Bengali: নিবিড়
• Translator English - French: compact
• Translator English - Malay: Padat
• Translator English - German: kompakt
• Translator English - Japanese: ぎっしり詰まった
• Translator English - Korean: 빽빽하게 찬
• Translator English - Javanese: Kompak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kết chặt
• Translator English - Tamil: கச்சிதமான
• Translator English - Marathi: संक्षिप्त
• Translator English - Turkish: kompakt
• Translator English - Italian: compatto
• Translator English - Polish: kompaktowy
• Translator English - Ukrainian: компактний
• Translator English - Romanian: compact
• Translator English - Greek: συμπιεσμένος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kompakte
• Translator English - Swedish: kompakt
• Translator English - Norwegian: kompakt

10 QUOTES WITH «COMPACT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word compact.

1

Carl Bernstein

Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.

2

John Buchan

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

3

Jeff Buckley

Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang on: it comes from a part of yourself that simply knows, expresses itself, and is.

4

Freeman Dyson

What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.

5

Epicurus

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

6

Epicurus

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

7

William Falconer

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.

8

Edward Felten

I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved.

9

Anna Friel

I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size.

10

William Lloyd Garrison

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPACT»

Discover the use of compact in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to compact and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity

Considers the paradoxical nature of infinity, considering whether or not it is mathematically plausible or just an abstract concept, and examining the work of Georg Cantor as it contributed to the development of set theory, analytic ...

David Foster Wallace, 2004

The Compact Disc Handbook

This revised edition of Ken Pohlmann's classic survey of the compact disc world celebrates the 10th birthday of the most successful consumer electronics product ever produced.

Ken C. Pohlmann, 1992

Sprawl: A Compact History

Their authors would do well to read this book.”—Witold Rybczynski, Slate

Robert Bruegmann, 2008

Complex Compact Surfaces

The second edition is revised and expanded to include major developments of the last 20 years, including a new section devoted to the stunning results achieved by the introduction of Donaldson and Seiberg-Witten invariants.From the reviews: ...

W. Barth, 2004

The Compact Guide To World Religions

Succinct chapters provide an excellent guide to understanding Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Taoism, Shintoism, and more.

Dean Halverson, 1996

The United Nations Global Compact: Achievements, Trends and ...

A review of the first ten years of the world's largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative.

Andreas Rasche, Georg Kell, 2010

Representations of Finite and Compact Groups

This book is a comprehensive pedagogical presentation of the theory of representation of finite and compact Lie groups that would be of interest to research mathematicians and graduate students interested in group theory and generalizations ...

Barry Simon

Compact and Broadband Microstrip Antennas

Compact microstrip antennas are of great importance in meeting the miniaturization requirements of modern portable communications equipment This book is a comprehensive treatment of design techniques and test data for current compact and ...

Kin-Lu Wong, 2004

Pro Windows Embedded Compact 7: Producing Device Drivers

What you’ll learn Understand the internals of Windows Embedded Know how the Windows Embedded Compact device driver model works Plan and design your device driver from scratch Develop stream interface device drivers Learn how to develop ...

Abraham Kcholi, 2011

Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, and ...

They rotate with periods of fractions of a second, and their magnetic fields drive intense interstellar dynamos, lighting up entire nebulae. This text discusses the physics of these extreme objects.

Norman K. Glendenning, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term compact is used in the context of the following news items.

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There have been previous reports that the handset or its big brother the Xperia Z4 Ultra, or its small brother the Xperia Z4 Compact, or all three ... «The Bell Jar, Jul 15»

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Compact IoT gateway runs Yocto Linux on Quark

Advantech is prepping an Intel Quark based IoT gateway that runs Yocto Linux and offers PoE support. mini-PCIe expansion, and web-based ... «LinuxGizmos, Jul 15»

The Korean Beauty Commercial For IOPE's Air Cushion Compact …

If you think putting makeup on is too much work, a Korean beauty commercial for IOPE's Air Cushion compact shows that applying foundation ... «Bustle, Jul 15»

The Best Cardio Workout You Can Get At Home

If gym memberships have never worked for you, and it's too tough to find time in your day to work out, this compact machine will help you be ... «Redbookmag.com, Jul 15»

Solid Apollo LED puck lights bring energy savings in compact, low …

The new brighter, more compact and low-profile design is UL listed and fully dimmable for easy controllable lighting. The LED puck light can ... «LEDs Magazine, Jul 15»

GoPro launches compact, single-button Hero4 Session camera with …

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