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compact
noun
1 compact
2 compact
A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.
synonyms: concordat, covenant.
Roget 769:
compact,
contract,
agreement,
bargain;
affidation†;
pact,
paction†;
bond,
covenant,
indenture;
bundobast†,
deal.
stipulation,
settlement,
convention;
compromise,
cartel.
Protocol,
treaty,
concordat,
Zollverein [G.],
Sonderbund [G.],
charter,
Magna Charta [Lat.],
Progmatic Sanction,
customs union,
free trade region;
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
GATT;
most favored nation status.
negotiation
etc.
(bargaining)
794;
diplomacy
etc.
(mediation)
724;
negotiator
etc.
(agent)
758.
ratification,
completion,
signature,
seal,
sigil [Lat.],
signet.
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Dutch: concordaat
3 compact
A small and economical car.
synonym: compact car.
Polish: kompakt, samochód kompaktowy, auto kompaktowe
verb
1 compact
Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily:
— This powder compacts easily.
synonym: pack.
2 compact
3 compact
Make more compact by or as if by pressing.
synonyms: compress, pack together.
Dutch: samendrukken, krimpen, verdichten
4 compact
adjective
1 compact
Closely and firmly united or packed together.
Roget 195:
contracting
etc.
v.;
astringent;
shrunk,
contracted
etc.
v.;
strangulated,
tabid†,
wizened,
stunted;
waning
etc.
v.;
neap,
compact.
unexpanded
etc.
(expand)
etc.
194†;
contractile;
compressible;
smaller
etc.
(small)
etc.
193.
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Roget 87:
one,
sole,
single,
solitary,
unitary;
individual,
apart,
alone;
kithless†.
unaccompanied,
unattended;
solus [Lat.],
single-handed;
singular,
odd,
unique,
unrepeated†,
azygous,
first and last;
isolated
etc.
(disjoined)
44;
insular.
monospermous†;
unific†,
uniflorous†,
unifoliate†,
unigenital†,
uniliteral†,
unijocular†,
unimodal [Math.],
unimodular†.
lone,
lonely,
lonesome;
desolate,
dreary.
insecable†,
inseverable†,
indiscerptible†;
compact,
indivisible,
atomic,
irresolvable†.
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Roget 46:
cohesive,
adhesive,
adhering,
cohering
etc.
v.;
tenacious,
tough;
sticky
etc.
352.
united,
unseparated,
unsessile†,
inseparable,
inextricable,
infrangible†;
compact
etc.
(dense)
321.
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Roget 43:
joined
etc.
v.;
joint;
conjoint,
conjunct;
corporate,
compact;
hand in hand.
firm,
fast,
close,
tight,
taut,
taught,
secure,
set,
intervolved†;
inseparable,
indissoluble,
insecable†,
severable.
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2 compact
Having a short and solid form or stature:
— A wrestler of compact build.
synonyms: heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset.
Roget 321:
dense,
solid;
solidified
etc.
v.;
caseous;
pukka†;
coherent,
cohesive
etc.
46;
compact,
close,
serried,
thickset;
substantial,
massive,
lumpish†;
impenetrable,
impermeable,
nonporous,
imporous†;
incompressible;
constipated;
concrete
etc.
(hard)
323;
knotted,
knotty;
gnarled;
crystalline,
crystallizable;
thick,
grumous†,
stuffy.
undissolved,
unmelted†,
unliquefied†,
unthawed†.
indivisible,
indiscerptible†,
infrangible†,
indissolvable†,
indissoluble,
insoluble,
infusible.
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Polish: zwalisty
3 compact
Briefly giving the gist of something:
— A compact style is brief and pithy.
synonyms: compendious, succinct, summary.
Roget 572:
concise,
brief,
short,
terse,
close;
to the point,
exact;
neat,
compact;
compressed,
condensed,
pointed;
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant,
summary;
pregnant;
compendious
etc.
(compendium)
596;
succinct;
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp;
sententious.
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Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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