Compacts can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| compact - have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" | ||
| compact - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" | ||
| compact - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" | ||
| compact - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" | ||
Noun |
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| compact - a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse | ||
| compact - a small and economical car | ||
| compact - a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action |
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| 1. | noun | It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by it; nay, absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it, but for the purposes and objects merely personal, such as thirst for military glory, revenge for personal affronts, ambition, or private compacts to aggrandize or support their particular families or partisans. These and a variety of other motives, which affect only the mind of the sovereign, often lead him to engage in wars not sanctified by justice or the voice and interests of his people. | |
| 2. | noun | They acted together as if by compact. | |
| 3. | noun | The mirror on a compact I got from a friend has cracked. | |
| 4. | noun | But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein. | |
| 5. | noun | A four-by-four will usually have much worse gas mileage than a compact. | |
| 6. | noun | They acted together as if by compact. | |
| 7. | noun | The mirror on a compact I got from a friend has cracked. | |
| 8. | noun | But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein. | |
| 9. | noun | A four-by-four will usually have much worse gas mileage than a compact. | |
| 10. | adj. | Compact soil. | |
| 11. | adj. | Compact clusters of flowers. | |
| 12. | adj. | A wrestler of compact build. | |
| 13. | adj. | A compact style is brief and pithy. |
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| It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by it; nay, absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it, but for the purposes and objects merely personal, such as thirst for military glory, revenge for personal affronts, ambition, or private compacts to aggrandize or support their particular families or partisans. These and a variety of other motives, which affect only the mind of the sovereign, often lead him to engage in wars not sanctified by justice or the voice and interests of his people. | |
| They acted together as if by compact. | |
| The mirror on a compact I got from a friend has cracked. | |
| But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein. | |
| A four-by-four will usually have much worse gas mileage than a compact. | |
| They acted together as if by compact. | |
| The mirror on a compact I got from a friend has cracked. | |
| But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein. | |
| A four-by-four will usually have much worse gas mileage than a compact. | |
| adj. | |
| Compact soil. |
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| Compact clusters of flowers. |
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| A wrestler of compact build. |
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| A compact style is brief and pithy. |
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