I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a compact camera (= a small, simple camera that uses film )
▪
There are some very good compact cameras around.
compact camera
compact disc player
compact disc
▪
The new album is available on vinyl, cassette, or compact disc.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
camera
▪
Verdict: The only compact camera for the underwater enthusiast.
▪
If you venture out in all weathers, you need a compact camera that can brave the elements, too.
▪
Watch out for smaller compact cameras .
car
▪
For example, a compact car in Salt Lake City is $ 209 weekly.
disc
▪
We've fitted a compact disc player and protected it with a new security system.
▪
Seldom has so much been placed on the shoulders of a single compact disc .
▪
Read in studio Now, imagine being able to show a feature film on your television from an ordinary compact disc player.
▪
Of the nine works on this compact disc , only five were composed for trombone.
▪
To aggravate all this further, the records all sound as though they were designed to be played on compact disc .
▪
So you buy a compact disc containing scores of bird songs.
▪
And a compact disc changer is available, dealer installed, for $ 650.
discs
▪
The company, which makes compact discs , wants to start making cassettes.
▪
Soon, the building will be packed to its arched roof with compact discs and cassettes.
▪
The first compact discs carried digitally encoded high fidelity music.
▪
It was that rectangular piece of cardboard that musical compact discs used to come in.
▪
Can an expert tell the difference between top price and budget compact discs ?
▪
It made compact discs easier to display.
▪
Modern mass-produced media such as cassettes or compact discs could never be marketed if each one had to carry a stamp.
disk
▪
Some predict that eventually everyone will carry all the sequences of his genes on a compact disk .
▪
A compact disk player, rare for its day, fed Chopin and the Rolling Stones into fierce-looking, six-foot MartinLogan speakers.
▪
It enables moving pictures as well as text and graphics to be stored on compact disks .
▪
One listed his music cassettes, the second his compact disks .
▪
It uses a Wavelet algorithm for video compression and provides compact disk quality audio and broadcast quality video.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a compact car
▪
Look for plants with healthy leaves and a compact shape.
▪
The apartment was ideal for the two of us - small but compact .
▪
The dormitory rooms are very compact , with a desk, bed, and closet built in.
▪
The PowerShot is a compact unit that weighs less than 11 ounces and fits easily in your pocket.
▪
There is a compact dining area, which feels cozy rather than cramped.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
I feel certain the purpose of the slimness stems from the natural instinct to shoal in a compact body.
▪
It made compact discs easier to display.
▪
It packs all its power into a compact , low-profile configuration - occupying 30% less desk space than comparable 486 systems.
▪
It was similar to an indoor meeting because the stadium is compact , with the crowd close to all the action.
▪
Official sketches show a small warren of rooms, lit by artificial lights and stuffed with compact biological systems.
▪
Plus the most significant restyling since the Cherokee debuted as a compact sport utility vehicle in 1984.
▪
The compact circuit, purpose-built with the betting shop service in mind, has surprised owners Ladbrokes with its robust evening trade.
▪
The Federals, on the other hand, could look forward to operating on compact interior lines of communication.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
social
▪
It is not to be negotiated by the conclusion of social compacts or contracts between the Trade Union movement and the Government.
▪
Under a social compact which runs until the end of 1990, the investing organizations will pay lower income taxes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a two-door compact
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Claudel stooped, too, and was startled to see her brush a powder compact sideways, sending it under the cab.
▪
One tribe, the Hualapai, closed its casino last year but still has a gaming compact .
▪
Opening her compact , she checked her appearance, and dabbed at her hair.
▪
So beware the curved top compacts.
III. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
The dirt trail has been compacted from years of use.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
It compacts my spine, and yellow spots dance before my eyes.
▪
It then swells-for the nuclear material is highly compacted within the sperm-and so becomes a pronucleus.
▪
It was compacted again and loaded into a trailer hauling 25 tons to the landfill.
▪
Progressively increase the pressure to compact the surface.