Compatible Meaning
/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCapable of easy interaction.
adjCapable of working together without conflict.
Sentence Examples
Could you convert this file into a Windows 95 compatible file and re-send it?
My tape recorder is compatible with your amplifier.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
These two software programs are not ____ with each other, so they crash often.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Unfortunately, this new video game is not ____ with older consoles.
Word Origin & History
from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry."
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
These two software programs are not ____ with each other, so they crash often.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Unfortunately, this new video game is not ____ with older consoles.