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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
compatible/kəmˈpatəbl/
▶adjective
  • 1 able to exist or be used together without problems or conflict.

    ■ (of two people) able to have a harmonious relationship; well suited.

  • 2 (usu. compatible with) consistent or in keeping.
– derivatives
compatibility noun,
compatibly adverb.
– origin ME: from Fr., from med. L. compatibilis, from compati ‘suffer with’.



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