compatible

/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/

adj 3noun 1

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, seem

ADV

highly, very

entirely, fully, perfectly, quite, totally, wholly

My old laptop and the new software are perfectly compatible, so I didn't need to buy anything else.

directly | hardly | logically, sexually, technologically

PREP

with

Her new job schedule wasn't compatible with her childcare responsibilities.

Definitions

adj

Capable of easy interaction.

This printer isn't compatible with my computer.

Able to get along well.

My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.

Consistent; congruous.

His actions were compatible with his sermons.

She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

noun

Something that is compatible with something else.

a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

incompatible

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

This printer isn't compatible with my computer.

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My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.

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His actions were compatible with his sermons.

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a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

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It is that Emmet's theory is compatible with previous theories in physics that is of most significance.

Tatoeba · #30497

Could you convert this file into a Windows 95 compatible file and re-send it?

Tatoeba · #60591

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