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compacter definition
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Overview of adj compact The adj compact has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) compact -- (closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers") 2. (1) compact, dense, thick -- (closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds") 3. compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset -- (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") 4. compendious, compact, succinct, summary -- (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") Antonyms of adj compact 4 senses of compact Sense 1 compact (vs. loose) loose (vs. compact) => friable, light, sandy => shifting, unfirm => silty => unconsolidated Sense 2 compact, dense, thick INDIRECT (VIA concentrated) -> distributed Sense 3 compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset INDIRECT (VIA fat) -> thin, lean Sense 4 compendious, compact, succinct, summary INDIRECT (VIA concise) -> prolix Similarity of adj compact 4 senses of compact Sense 1 compact (vs. loose) => clayey, cloggy, heavy => close-packed => impacted, wedged => serried => consolidated => packed => tight Also See-> concentrated#1 Sense 2 compact, dense, thick => concentrated (vs. distributed) Sense 3 compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset => fat (vs. thin) Sense 4 compendious, compact, succinct, summary => concise (vs. prolix) Attributes of adj compact Familiarity of adj compact compact used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj compact compact Overview of adj compact The adj compact has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) compact -- (closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers") 2. (1) compact, dense, thick -- (closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds") 3. compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset -- (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") 4. compendious, compact, succinct, summary -- (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")
compacter definition
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