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# compatible

«compatible» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to work together with something else without…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (compatible; more compatible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Able to work together with something else without problems (a charger compatible with your phone). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#m1)

2) (people) Able to live, work or get on together well because they are alike in some way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#m2)

3) (medicine) Suitable to be given or put into someone's body without harm (a compatible blood type). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and technology, a game or app may be compatible only with certain consoles or phones. In friendships, compatible people get on well. In science and health, blood donors must have a compatible blood type. It tells the reader things fit together and work. Opposite: incompatible.

### examples

- Is this game compatible with my tablet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x1)
- The charger isn't compatible with the old phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x2)
- My sister and I aren't very compatible on long car trips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x3)
- Blood for a transfusion must be a compatible type. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x4)
- These two Lego sets are compatible, so you can mix them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x5)
- Their ideas were compatible, so they worked well together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x6)

### note

Spelled with -ible: compatible. Often used with «with». Opposite: incompatible. Noun: compatibility.

### Trees and pragmatics

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