noun🔗ShareAn agreement or contract."The family reached a compact to share chores more evenly. "lawbusinesspoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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 one's pocket."My mother keeps a compact in her purse for touch-ups throughout the day. "appearancestylewearitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style."The local newspaper published a compact, focusing on in-depth articles about the school budget and local politics, unlike the more sensational tabloid. "mediastyletypeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make more dense; to compress."The team compacted the soil around the new tree to help it grow stronger. "energyphysicsmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo unite or connect firmly, as in a system."The school district sought to compact all the different libraries into one central, modern facility. "systemorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareClosely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space."The backpack was surprisingly compact, holding all her books and supplies despite its small size. "spacematerialstructuretechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space."a compact laptop computer"technologydeviceelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(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."mathspaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover."The set of assignments for the math course was compact; any possible schedule of completing them could be reduced to a limited number of specific days. "mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBrief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose."a compact discourse"stylewritinglanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareJoined or held together; leagued; confederated."The students formed a compact group to study for the upcoming exam. "grouporganizationpoliticsgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareComposed or made; with of."The new textbook is a compact guide to world history. "materialcompoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
