pact
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”).[1][2] Probably a doublet of patio.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpact (plural pacts)
- An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pact
- write up a pact
- New sisters at the sorority have to agree to the pact set out by the former members.
- (international law) An agreement between two or more nations
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
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an agreement between two or more nations
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Verb
editpact (third-person singular simple present pacts, present participle pacting, simple past and past participle pacted)
- (intransitive) To form a pact; to agree formally.
- 1992, John Higley, Richard Gunther, Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe, page 129:
- When national elites pacted in Mexico, they pacted to the advantage of the elites as against the masses and also to the advantage of the center as against the provinces.
Translations
editReferences
edit- ^ “pact(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “pact, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
edit- “pact”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pact”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “pact”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom French pacte, from Latin pactum. Doublet of pacht and patio.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editpact n (plural pacten, diminutive pactje n)
Derived terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pacte, from Latin pactum.
Noun
editpact n (plural pacte)
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