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/ˈkɒmˌpækt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn agreement or contract.
verbTo form an agreement or contract.
Sentence Examples
The watch on the compact disc is mine.
Cassette tapes seem to have given way to compact disks in popularity.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She pressed the trash down to ____ it into a smaller bin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She drove a small, ____ car because parking in the city was difficult.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Latin compactumbor. English compact Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2021 April 29, Peter Baker, “Biden Seeks Shift in How the Nation Serves Its People”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"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."
— 2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"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."
— 2023 February 21, Chandran Nair, “Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media”, in The Diplomat:
"In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature."
— 2004, Ronan Deazley, On the Origin of the Right to Copy, page 94:
"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, […]"
— 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 20:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She pressed the trash down to ____ it into a smaller bin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She drove a small, ____ car because parking in the city was difficult.