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compatible

US /kəmˈpætəbəl/

adjective Target · B2 Công nghệ & kỹ thuật

Definition

able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

This printer is compatible with both Windows and Mac computers.

Word Family

NounNoun
compatibility
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
compatible gốc
AdverbAdv
compatibly

Synonyms

  • consistent(sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; ; - FDR
  • harmoniousmusically pleasing
  • matchingbe compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Collocations

  • Easy find a compatible USB charger cord
    to find a compatible USB charger cord, meaning to come upon, as if by accident; meet with
  • Medium ensure backward compatible enterprise database software systems
    to make sure that something happens regarding backward compatible enterprise database software systems
  • Hard wholly compatible with statutory antitrust regulations
    describing wholly compatible with statutory antitrust regulations (to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'))
  • Very Hard fundamentally and irreconcilably incompatible worldviews
    describing fundamentally and irreconcilably incompatible worldviews (in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature)
  • Medium be compatible with
    to exist or be in a specified condition regarding compatible with

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