Meaning

3 senses
  1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.

    write up a pact

    New sisters at the sorority have to agree to the pact set out by the former members.

    Pakt, Vertrag

    пактpakt, догово́рdogovór, соглаше́ниеsoglašénije

    пактpakt

  2. An agreement between two or more nations.

    пактpakt, догово́рdogovór, соглаше́ниеsoglašénije

    пактpakt

    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

  3. An alliance or coalition.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Tom and I made a pact.

    ruМы с Томом заключили соглашение.

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  2. Let's make a pact.

    ruДавайте заключим соглашение.

    deSchließen wir einen Pakt!

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  3. Trump made a pact with the devil.

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  4. Gustavo made a pact with the demon king.

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  5. We supported a peace pact between the two countries.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant:
Русский
By meaning 1
an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant:

Origin

From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin

From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”).

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Forms

plural: pacts
Singularpact
Pluralpacts

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a written agreement between two states or sovereigns:treatyaccord

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpactless

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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