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compacting
Meaning of compacting
verb, gerund or present participle
- exert force on (something) so that it becomes more dense; compress.
the rubbish was taken to the depot to be compacted
late Middle English: from Latin compact- ‘closely put together, joined’, from the verb compingere, from com- ‘together’ + pangere ‘fasten’.
verb, gerund or present participle- make or enter into (a formal agreement) with another party or parties.
the party compacted an alliance with dissident groups
late 16th century: from Latin compactum, past participle of compacisci, from com- ‘with’ + pacisci ‘make a covenant’. Compare with pact.
Information about compacting
- It is a verb.
Hyphenation of compacting
com-pact-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 letters.
- compacting is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables