compact
verb/kəmˈpækt/
/kəmˈpækt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they compact | /kəmˈpækt/ /kəmˈpækt/ |
| he / she / it compacts | /kəmˈpækts/ /kəmˈpækts/ |
| past simple compacted | /kəmˈpæktɪd/ /kəmˈpæktɪd/ |
| past participle compacted | /kəmˈpæktɪd/ /kəmˈpæktɪd/ |
| -ing form compacting | /kəmˈpæktɪŋ/ /kəmˈpæktɪŋ/ |
- compact something to press something tightly together
- a layer of compacted snow
Word Originverb late Middle English: from Latin compact- ‘closely put together, joined’, from the verb compingere, from com- ‘together’ + pangere ‘fasten’.
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