compact

English

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Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • (nouns): IPA: /ˈkɒmpækt/, SAMPA: /"kQmp{kt/
  • (adjective): as the noun or verb
  • (verb): IPA: /kəmˈpækt/, SAMPA: /k@m"p{kt/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˈkʌmpækt/, SAMPA: /"kVmp{kt/ or IPA: /kəmˈpækt/, SAMPA: /k@m"p{kt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

Etymology 1

From Latin compactum (“agreement”).

Noun

compact (plural compacts)

1. An agreement or contract.

Synonyms

• agreement, contract, pact, treaty

Translations

agreement or contract

Bulgarian: договор (bg) m., споразумение (bg) n. Greek: σύμβαση (el) (sýmvasi) f., συμφωνία (el) (symfonía) f., συμβόλαιο (el) (symvólaio) n.

Irish: acht (ga) m. Russian: пакт (ru) (pakt) m., сделка (ru) (sd'élka) f., договор (ru) (dogovór) m. Spanish: acuerdo (es) m.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, 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, superlative most compact)

1. Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
3. (mathematics) (of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.

   A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.

4. (topology) Such that every exhaustion of it by (overlapping) open balls has the property that some finitely many of those balls will also cover it.
5. (topology) (of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.

Synonyms

• (closely packed): concentrated, dense, serried, solid, thick, tight

Derived terms

• compact car
• compact disc
• locally compact

Translations

closely packed

Bulgarian: сбит (bg), плътен (bg) Dutch: compact (nl) Finnish: tiivis (fi), kompakti (fi) French: compact (fr) Greek: συμπαγής (el) (sympagís) m., πυκνός (el) (pyknós) m.

Hebrew: דחוס (he) (dakhús) Hungarian: kompakt (hu) Italian: compatto (it) Romanian: compact (ro) m. and n. Spanish: compacto (es)

having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space

Bulgarian: компактен (bg) Dutch: compact (nl) Finnish: kompakti (fi) French: compact (fr)

Greek: περιεκτικός (el) (periektikós) m., συμπαγής (el) (sympagís) m. Romanian: compact (ro) m. and n. Swedish: kompakt (sv)

topological sense

Dutch: compact (nl) Greek: συμπεπιεσμένος (el) (sympepiesménos) m. Hebrew: קומפקטי (he) (kompákti)

Hungarian: kompakt (hu) Romanian: compact (ro) m. and n. Swedish: kompakt (sv)

Noun

Vintage black enamel compact, c. 1960s

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 ones pocket.
2. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
   • 2012, BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact [1]:

     The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.

Translations

small, slim folding case, often holding a mirror

Greek: πουδριέρα (el) (poudriéra) f.

Japanese: コンパクト (konpakuto)

newspaper format

See also

• Compact (cosmetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Compact (cosmetics)

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.

Synonyms

• (make more dense): compress, condense

Translations

make more dense

Bulgarian: сбивам (bg), сгъстявам (bg) Dutch: compactificeren, samenpersen Greek: συμπυκνώνω (el) (sympyknóno), συμπτύσσω (el) (symptýsso)

Hebrew: דחס (he) (dakhás) Spanish: compactar (es)

Anagrams

• accompt

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Dutch

Adjective

compact (comparative compacter, superlative compactst)

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

Declension

Declension of compact

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		compact	compacter
neuter singular	indefinite	compact	compacter
	definite	compacte	compactere	compactste	het compactst(e)
common singular		compacte	compactere	compactste	de compactste
plural		compacte	compactere	compactste	de compactste
partitive		compacts	compacters

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French

Adjective

compact m. (f. compacte, m. plural compacts, f. plural compactes)

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

Noun

compact m. (plural compacts)

1. compact disc
2. music center (US), music centre (UK)
3. compact camera

Synonyms

• (compact disc): Compact Disc, disque compact