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(adjective) closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" |
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Antonyms: loose |
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(satellite adjective) closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds" |
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Synonyms: dense, thick |
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(satellite adjective) heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" |
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Synonyms: heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset |
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(noun) a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse |
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Synonyms: powder compact |
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Related Words: case |
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(noun) a small and economical car |
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Synonyms: compact car |
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Related Words: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar |
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(satellite adjective) briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" |
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Synonyms: compendious, succinct, summary |
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(verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" |
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Synonyms: compress, pack together |
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Related Words: force, pack, squeeze, tamp, tamp down, wedge |
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(noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action |
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Synonyms: concordat, covenant |
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Related Words: written agreement |
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(verb) squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips" |
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Synonyms: compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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Related Words: bear down, choke, convulse, fret, gag, overbear, prim, scrag, strangulate, tighten |
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(verb) compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" |
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Synonyms: bundle, pack, wad |
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Related Words: arrange, puddle, set up |
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