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COMPATIBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("compatibility" is a kind of...):
characteristic (a distinguishing quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compatibility"):
congeniality; congenialness (compatibility between persons)
harmoniousness; harmony (compatibility in opinion and action)
accord (sympathetic compatibility)
agreement; correspondence (compatibility of observations)
Antonym:
incompatibility (the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination)
Derivation:
compatible (able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A feeling of sympathetic understanding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("compatibility" is a kind of...):
fellow feeling; sympathy (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))
