transcription, транскрипция: [ kəmpætɪb(ə)l ]
1.
If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible , they work well together or can exist together successfully.
Free enterprise, he argued, was compatible with Russian values and traditions...
Marriage and the life I live just don’t seem compatible.
≠ incompatible
ADJ : oft ADJ with n
• com‧pat‧ibil‧ity
National courts can freeze any law while its compatibility with European legislation is being tested.
≠ incompatibility
N-UNCOUNT : oft N with/of/between n
2.
If you say that you are compatible with someone, you mean that you have a good relationship with them because you have similar opinions and interests.
Mildred and I are very compatible. She’s interested in the things that interest me...
≠ incompatible
ADJ : oft ADJ with n
• com‧pat‧ibil‧ity
As a result of their compatibility, Haig and Fraser were able to bring about wide-ranging reforms.
≠ incompatibility
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If one make of computer or computer equipment is compatible with another make, especially IBM, they can be used together and can use the same software. ( COMPUTING )
ADJ : oft ADJ with n