COMPATIBLE in a Sentence

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Now you can have a full-featured office productivity suite that's compatible with Microsoft Office at just a slice of the cost.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMPATIBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
compatible
 a.  harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
Classic Sentence:
1  Lily stood motionless, keeping between herself and the char-woman the greatest distance compatible with the need of speaking in low tones.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
2  Gamut received his pitch-pipe with as strong an expression of pleasure as he believed compatible with the grave functions he exercised.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
3  We have spoken of this singular place in detail, but with respect, in so far, at least, as detail and respect are compatible.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XI—END OF THE PETIT-PICPUS
4  A celestial silence that is compatible with a thousand sorts of music, the cooing of nests, the buzzing of swarms, the flutterings of the breeze.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
5  "Lady Dalrymple, Lady Dalrymple," was the rejoicing sound; and with all the eagerness compatible with anxious elegance, Sir Walter and his two ladies stepped forward to meet her.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  A composite individuality, signifying revolution and signifying stability, in other terms, strengthening the present by the evident compatibility of the past with the future.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
Example Sentence:
1  She found a compatible partner through a computer dating agency.
2  The couple separated because they were not compatible.
3  Each department in the company has its own mode of operation and none of them are compatible.
4  Free enterprise, he argued, was compatible with Russian values and traditions.
5  Now you can have a full-featured office productivity suite that's compatible with Microsoft Office at just a slice of the cost.
6  They were compatible neighbors, never quarreling over unimportant matters.