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compatible
/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/
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What does compatible mean?
adjective
- Capable of working together without conflict.
- Able to get along well.
- Consistent; congruous.
More meanings (1)
noun
- Something that is compatible with something else.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/
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We sedulously cultivate the friendship of all nations as the conditions most compatible with our welfare and the principles of our Government.
True modesty is quite compatible with a due estimate of one’s own merits, and does not demand the abnegation of all merit.
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I do not assert that anything better is compatible, as a general rule, with the present low state of the human mind.
We have spoken of this singular place in detail, but with respect, in so far, at least, as detail and respect are compatible.
In some cases the diameter of the chest is shortened to an almost incredible degree, but may yet be compatible with life.