MEANING
1. Able to exist or be accepted together without contradiction or a serious conflict.
2. Able to work or be used together because relevant requirements or designs fit.
Use it for
showing that an interpretation fits the available evidence; explaining that two principles can coexist; distinguishing consistency with a claim from proof of itShows that two things can fit together without claiming that either proves the other. Academic functions: Comparison / Contrast.
Words that belong together
- compatible with the evidence
- mutually compatible aims
- compatible interpretations
On the page
The findings are compatible with several mechanisms and do not identify a unique cause.
The essay asks whether individual autonomy is compatible with collective obligations.
The project selected software compatible with the archive’s export format.
Compatible measurement procedures are needed before results can be pooled.
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Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- compatible
Usage notes
Usually compatible with. More compatible and most compatible are natural for relative fit; no ordinary -er/-est forms. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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