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# compatible

adjective (compatible; more compatible)

«compatible» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Able to work together with something else without problems (a charger compatible with your phone). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#m1)
2. (people) Able to live, work or get on together well because they are alike in some way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#m2)
3. (medicine) Suitable to be given or put into someone's body without harm (a compatible blood type). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#m3)

### In the lessons

In computing and technology, a game or app may be compatible only with certain consoles or phones. In friendships, compatible people get on well. In science and health, blood donors must have a compatible blood type. It tells the reader things fit together and work. Opposite: incompatible.

### Examples

- Is this game compatible with my tablet? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x1)
- The charger isn't compatible with the old phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x2)
- My sister and I aren't very compatible on long car trips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x3)
- Blood for a transfusion must be a compatible type. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x4)
- These two Lego sets are compatible, so you can mix them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x5)
- Their ideas were compatible, so they worked well together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/#x6)

### Note

Spelled with -ible: compatible. Often used with «with». Opposite: incompatible. Noun: compatibility.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «compatible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compatible/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«compatible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/compatible.html) on Mova free.