compact — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. An agreement or contract.

   Sinonimi

   agreementcontractpacttreaty

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (3)

   President Biden laid out an ambitious agenda on Wednesday night to rewrite the American social compact by vastly expanding family leave, child care, health care, preschool and college education for millions of people to be financed with increased taxes on the wealthiest earners.

   After taking over this month as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a nonpartisan coalition of city mayors, he urged members to sign a “crypto compact” calling on the federal government to eschew overly aggressive regulation of the industry.

   Countering this in international media by offering more balanced views for a global audience is near impossible as censorship is rife. There almost seems to be a global compact to control the narrative, a propaganda war powered by today’s digital technology.

Verbo

1. To form an agreement or contract.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Esempi

   In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature.

Aggettivo

1. Agreed, contracted.

   Uso

   • arcaico
   • not-comparable

   Esempi

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   O Gorice XI., most glorious King of Witchland, and O Lord Goldry Bluszco, captain of the hosts of Demonland, it is compact betwixt you, and made fast by mighty oaths whereof I, the Red Foliot, am keeper, that ye shall wrastle three falls together on these conditions, […]

Aggettivo

1. Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.

   Sinonimi

   concentratedcrowdeddenseserried

   Esempi

   glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies

2. Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.

   Esempi

   a compact laptop computer

3. Brief and pithy; not verbose.

   Uso

   • of prose

   Esempi

   a compact discourse

4. Of a topological space: Such that every open cover has a finite subcover. In a metric space, this is equivalent to being sequentially compact. In metric spaces with the Heine-Borel property, this is equivalent to being closed and bounded.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinonimi

   quasi-compact

5. Of a topological space: Compact in the above sense and moreover Hausdorff.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

6. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   Thou fooliſh Frier, and thou pernicious woman / Compact with her that's gone:

   a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together

7. Composed or made; with of.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapor.

Sostantivo

1. A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.

   Sinonimi

   powder box

2. An automobile that is larger than a subcompact but smaller than an intermediate.

3. A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (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.

Verbo

1. To make more dense; to compress.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore.

2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

   Esempi

   The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.

Aggettivo

1. closely and firmly united or packed together

   Contrari

   loose

   Esempi

   compact soil

   compact clusters of flowers

2. having a short and solid form or stature

   Sinonimi

   heavysetstockythickthickset

   Esempi

   a wrestler of compact build

   he was tall and heavyset

   Altri esempi (2)

   stocky legs

   a thickset young man

3. briefly giving the gist of something

   Sinonimi

   compendioussuccinctsummary

   Esempi

   a short and compendious book

   a compact style is brief and pithy

   Altri esempi (2)

   succinct comparisons

   a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

Sostantivo

1. a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

   Sinonimi

   powder compact

   Termini più generali

   case

2. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

   Sinonimi

   covenantconcordat

   Termini più generali

   written agreement

3. a small and economical car

   Sinonimi

   compact car

   Termini più generali

   carautoautomobilemachinemotorcar

Verbo

1. have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

   Sinonimi

   pack

   Termini più generali

   be

   Esempi

   This powder compacts easily

   Such odd-shaped items do not pack well

2. compress into a wad

   Sinonimi

   packbundlewad

   Termini più generali

   arrangeset up

   Esempi

   wad paper into the box

3. make more compact by or as if by pressing

   Sinonimi

   compresspack together

   Termini più generali

   wedgesqueezeforce

   Esempi

   compress the data

4. squeeze or press together

   Sinonimi

   compressconstrictsqueezecontractpress

   Termini più generali

   tighten

   Esempi

   she compressed her lips

   the spasm contracted the muscle