compact
Other forms: compacted; compacts; compacting; compactedly
A compact is a signed written agreement that binds you to do what you've promised. It also refers to something small or closely grouped together, like the row of compact rental cars you see when you wanted a van.
As a verb, compact means "to compress or squeeze together," like how the garbage truck compacts your bags of trash. Compact, the adjective, describes something that is tightly packed together, like your luggage that is so compact it fits in the overhead compartment. Compact can also describe a brief summary, like a compact explanation of how the universe began that lasted only 10 minutes!
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closely and firmly united or packed together“compact soil”“compact clusters of flowers”
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clayey, cloggy, heavy
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
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close-packed
packed especially tightly
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consolidated
forming a solid mass
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impacted, wedged
wedged or packed in together
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packed
pressed together or compressed
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serried
(especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together
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tight
packed closely together
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concentrated
gathered together or made less diffuse
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loose
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
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light
(used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
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shifting, unfirm
(of soil) unstable
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silty
full of silt
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unconsolidated
loose and unstratified
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clayey, cloggy, heavy
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having a short and solid form or stature
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briefly giving the gist of something“a compact style is brief and pithy”
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synonyms:
compendious, succinct, summary
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concise
expressing much in few words
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concise
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make more compact by or as if by pressing
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synonyms:
compress, pack together
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decompress, uncompress
restore to its uncompressed form
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decompress, uncompress
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squeeze or press together
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choke, strangle
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
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prim
contract one's lips
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astringe
constrict or bind or draw together
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strangulate
constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
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convulse
contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
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convulse
cause to contract
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bear down, overbear
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
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choke, fret, gag
be too tight; rub or press
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choke, scrag
wring the neck of
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tighten
become tight or tighter
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compress into a wad
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have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
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a small and economical car
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synonyms:
compact car
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auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
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auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar
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a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
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synonyms:
powder compact
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case
a portable container for carrying several objects
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case
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a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
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Lateran Treaty
the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state
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written agreement
a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties
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Lateran Treaty
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