Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to compact
Participle: compacted
Gerund: compacting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | compact |
| you | compact |
| he;she;it | compacts |
| we | compact |
| you | compact |
| they | compact |
Perfect
| I | have compacted |
| you | have compacted |
| he;she;it | has compacted |
| we | have compacted |
| you | have compacted |
| they | have compacted |
Past
| I | compacted |
| you | compacted |
| he;she;it | compacted |
| we | compacted |
| you | compacted |
| they | compacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had compacted |
| you | had compacted |
| he;she;it | had compacted |
| we | had compacted |
| you | had compacted |
| they | had compacted |
Future
| I | will compact |
| you | will compact |
| he;she;it | will compact |
| we | will compact |
| you | will compact |
| they | will compact |
Future Perfect
| I | will have compacted |
| you | will have compacted |
| he;she;it | will have compacted |
| we | will have compacted |
| you | will have compacted |
| they | will have compacted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | compact |
| you | compact |
| he;she;it | compact |
| we | compact |
| you | compact |
| they | compact |
Perfect
| I | have compacted |
| you | have compacted |
| he;she;it | have compacted |
| we | have compacted |
| you | have compacted |
| they | have compacted |
Imperfect
| I | compacted |
| you | compacted |
| he;she;it | compacted |
| we | compacted |
| you | compacted |
| they | compacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had compacted |
| you | had compacted |
| he;she;it | had compacted |
| we | had compacted |
| you | had compacted |
| they | had compacted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would compact |
| you | would compact |
| he;she;it | would compact |
| we | would compact |
| you | would compact |
| they | would compact |
Perfect
| I | would have compacted |
| you | would have compacted |
| he;she;it | would have compacted |
| we | would have compacted |
| you | would have compacted |
| they | would have compacted |
Imperative
| you | compact |
| we | Let's compact |
| you | compact |
Verbs conjugated like 'compact'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'compact'
compart,
coact,
coenact,
combat,
compane,
company,
compare,
compass,
complect,
complot,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- make more dense
- compress
- to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
- astringe, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, pack, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
- cement
- confirm, solidify, sanction, stabilize, authorize, secure, strengthen, endorse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compactum (“agreement”).
Sample Sentences
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In return for the sovereign's protection, they compacted to police the content of public literature. [2004, Ronan Deazley, On the Origin of the Right to Copy, page 94:]