compartment
To arrange in separate compartmentsTo arrange in separate compartments.
» Have you looked in the glove compartment?
Ты в бардачке смотрел? — marafon
Вы в бардачке смотрели? — marafon
Ти подивився у бардачку? — deniko
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1 sensesTo arrange in separate compartments.
Examples
78 sentencesHave you looked in the glove compartment?
Ти подивився у бардачку? — deniko
ruТы в бардачке смотрел? — marafon
What's in your glove compartment?
Що у тебе в бардачку? — deniko
I've got a flashlight in the glove compartment.
Tom searched the glove compartment for a map.
ruТом проверил бардачок в поисках карты. — Robertpaulson
deTom durchsuchte das Handschuhfach nach einer Karte. — Jens_Odo
Tom reached over and opened the glove compartment.
Origin
First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from LatFirst attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).
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Forms
compartments, compartmenting, compartmented, compartmented| Base form | compartment · to compartment |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | compartments |
| Present participle | compartmenting |
| Past simple | compartmented |
| Past participle | compartmented |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.