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# compact

«compact» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **small and neatly packed so that it does not take up much…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (compact, more compact); noun (a compact, compacts); verb (compact, compacts, compacted, compacting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Compact means small and neatly packed so that it does not take up much space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#m1)

2) (adjective) Compact soil, snow or earth is pressed tightly together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#m2)

3) (noun) A compact is a small flat case with a mirror and face powder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#m3)

4) (noun, formal) A compact is an agreement between people or countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#m4)

5) (verb) To compact something is to press it together tightly so it takes less space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Closely joined together, built tight and united. Interpretation: The Talmud and the tradition read this as Jerusalem making all Israel into one united community, especially when they gather there on pilgrim festivals. In the primary lessons: In everyday life «compact» describes small cars, cameras, flats and suitcases; in science, soil and rock become compact when pressed, and rubbish trucks compact rubbish. In maths it can hint that something fits into a small space. Phrases: compact car, compact disc (CD), compact soil.

### examples

- Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together; (Writings PSA.122.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x1)
- We bought a compact tent that fits in a backpack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x2)
- The flat is compact but very cosy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x3)
- The snow was so compact that we could walk on top of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x4)
- The rubbish truck compacts the bags to make room for more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x5)
- Mum checked her lipstick in her compact mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x6)
- The two countries signed a compact to share the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x7)
- Heavy machines compacted the ground before the road was built. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x8)
- "I've made this compact," she said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/#x9)

### note

Stress: adjective and verb usually com-PACT, noun usually COM-pact. «CD» stands for «compact disc». Not the same as «complete». Countable as a noun: a compact, compacts. Past of the verb: compacted.

### In the corpora

- [Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2362/)
- ["Compact" means small.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/18/)
- ["Compact" in a house advert means small, and "deceptively spacious" usually means small too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/5/)
- [Air pushes back on falling things, and it slows light, fluffy or flat things far more than heavy, compact ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/1-why-things-fall/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «compact» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/compact/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.