COMPATIBLE


Meaning of COMPATIBLE in English

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

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