Compact
[kəm'pækt] or ['kɑmpækt]
Definition
(noun.) a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse.
(noun.) a small and economical car.
(verb.) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; 'This powder compacts easily'; 'Such odd-shaped items do not pack well'.
(adj.) closely and firmly united or packed together; 'compact soil'; 'compact clusters of flowers' .
(adj.) having a short and solid form or stature; 'a wrestler of compact build'; 'he was tall and heavyset'; 'stocky legs'; 'a thickset young man' .
Checked by Carlton--From WordNet
Definition
(p. p. & a) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
(p. p. & a) Composed or made; -- with of.
(p. p. & a) Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
(p. p. & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.
(v. t.) To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.
(v. t.) To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
(n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
Checked by Ellen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, bargain, treaty, concordat, convention, pact, arrangement.
v. a. Consolidate, condense, compress, join closely, press together.
a. [1]. Close, dense, solid, firm, compressed, pressed together, closely put together, of firm texture.[2]. Pithy, terse, concise, laconic, sententious, short, brief, compendious, succinct, pointed, full of meaning, not loose, not verbose, not prolix.
Inputed by Betty
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See AGREEMENT]
SYN:Dense, close, hard, solid, firm, pithy, concise, condensed, contracted,compendious, convenient, concentrated, consolidated, concrete
ANT:Ductile, brittle, friable, diffuse, unshapely, straggling, sparse, broadcast,dispread
Inputed by Doris
Definition
adj. fastened or packed together: firm: close: brief.—v.t. to press closely together: to consolidate: (Shak.) to confirm.—adj. Compact′ed firmly put together: compact.—adv. Compact′edly.—n. Compact′edness.—adv. Compact′ly.—ns. Compact′ness state of being compact: closeness: solidity: terseness; Compac′ture (Spens.) close union or knitting together; Compāge′ Compā′ges a structure of many parts.
n. a mutual bargain or agreement: a league treaty or union: (Shak.) league in bad sense.—adj. united: leagued.
Checker: Roderick
Examples
- On scrutiny they proved to be French compositions, written in a hand peculiar but compact, and exquisitely clean and clear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His next movement was to take from his pocket a small, thick book of blank paper, to produce a pencil, and to begin to write in a cramp, compact hand. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sherman at once ordered his prisoners to the front, moving them in a compact body in advance, to either explode the torpedoes or dig them up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And may be you would not approve nather, of their nate, compact little fashion of breaking a head, perhaps? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Wrights adopted this type, believing that it was the strongest form, and could be made more compact and be more easily managed than the single plane, or the many-winged type. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The buffing will hit the high spots but the proper process turns the minute edges, closes the pores and makes the silver hard and compact, vastly increasing the wearing quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Mag