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compact(dictionary)
compact(4)(dictionary)
compact(3)(dictionary)
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compact 1, adjective(dictionary)
COMPACT, contracts(law)
compact 2, noun(dictionary)
compact 3, verb(dictionary)
compact camera(dictionary)

compact(2) (iou)



compact adjective. LME.
[Latin compactus pa. pple, formed as COMPACT verb1. Cf. Old & mod. French compact adjective.]
Closely or neatly packed together; dense; economical of space; not straggling or gangling; not diffuse; (of style etc.) condensed, terse. LME.
compact car N. Amer. a medium-sized car. compact disc: on which sound, information, etc., is recorded digitally as a spiral pattern of pits and bumps for reproduction or retrieval using a laser beam.
K. Amis A compact city with no suburbs to speak of. P. Davies A star that has imploded..and become so compact that even its atoms are crushed.
Made up of, composed of. M16.
V. Sackville-West Of such small..and mutual courtesies was their relationship compact.
compactly adverb E17.
compactness noun M17.