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Definition of compact verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

compact

verb

NAmE//kəmˈpækt//

[usually passive] compact somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they compact

he / she / it compacts

past simple compacted

-ing form compacting

to press something together firmly a layer of compacted snow

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