Compact Definition
A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
- concordat
- covenant
- compact-car
- powder compact
- pinched-in
- agreement
- compendium
- alliance
- contract
- pact
- treaty
- powder case
- makeup case
- vanity
- vanity-case
Origin of Compact
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From Middle French, from Latin compāctus, perfect passive participle of compingō (“join together”), from com- (“together”) + pangō (“fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *pag- (“to fasten”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Latin compāctus past participle of compingere to put together com- com- pangere to fasten pag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin compactum neuter past participle of compacīscī to make an agreement com- com- pacīscī to agree pact
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin compactum (“agreement”).
From Wiktionary
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