compact
part of speech
adjective (compact, more compact); noun (a compact, compacts); verb (compact, compacts, compacted, compacting)
meaning for a pupil
1) (adjective) Compact means small and neatly packed so that it does not take up much space. tree →
2) (adjective) Compact soil, snow or earth is pressed tightly together. tree →
3) (noun) A compact is a small flat case with a mirror and face powder. tree →
4) (noun, formal) A compact is an agreement between people or countries. tree →
5) (verb) To compact something is to press it together tightly so it takes less space. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life «compact» describes small cars, cameras, flats and suitcases; in science, soil and rock become compact when pressed, and rubbish trucks compact rubbish. In maths it can hint that something fits into a small space. Phrases: compact car, compact disc (CD), compact soil.
examples
- We bought a compact tent that fits in a backpack. tree →
- The flat is compact but very cosy. tree →
- The snow was so compact that we could walk on top of it. tree →
- The rubbish truck compacts the bags to make room for more. tree →
- Mum checked her lipstick in her compact mirror. tree →
- The two countries signed a compact to share the river. tree →
- Heavy machines compacted the ground before the road was built. tree →
- "I've made this compact," she said. tree →
note
Stress: adjective and verb usually com-PACT, noun usually COM-pact. «CD» stands for «compact disc». Not the same as «complete». Countable as a noun: a compact, compacts. Past of the verb: compacted.
In the corpora
- "Compact" means small.
- "Compact" in a house advert means small, and "deceptively spacious" usually means small too.
- Air pushes back on falling things, and it slows light, fluffy or flat things far more than heavy, compact ones.
- Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «compact» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.