Definition of Compact

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Compact

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

Composed or made; -- with of.

Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.

To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

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Compact Quotations

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
William Shakespeare

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
Epicurus

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
Epicurus

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.
Henrik Ibsen

The team is completely close. Anything you say outside, there is no chance it will go inside. So the team is really strong and compact. We know what we want and how to achieve it on the pitch.
Jose Mourinho

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.
George Mason

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.
William Lloyd Garrison

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
Theodore Bikel

My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him.
Paul Begala

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them.
William Falconer

Compact Translations

compact in Afrikaans is kompak
compact in Dutch is compact, dicht
compact in French is compact, compacter
compact in German is kompakt
compact in Italian is compatto
compact in Latin is foedus, adstringo
compact in Portuguese is estojo compacto
compact in Spanish is compacto, polvera de bolsillo
compact in Swedish is komprimera, dryg

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