1.
If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
Free enterprise, he argued, was compatible with Russian values and traditions...
Marriage and the life I live just don't seem compatible.
? incompatible
ADJ: oft ADJ with n
• compatibility
National courts can freeze any law while its compatibility with European legislation is being tested.
? incompatibility
N-UNCOUNT: oft N with/of/between n
2.
If you say that you are compatible with someone, you mean that you have a good relationship with them because you have similar opinions and interests.
Mildred and I are very compatible. She's interested in the things that interest me...
? incompatible
ADJ: oft ADJ with n
• compatibility
As a result of their compatibility, Haig and Fraser were able to bring about wide-ranging reforms.
? incompatibility
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If one make of computer or computer equipment is compatible with another make, especially IBM, they can be used together and can use the same software.
ADJ: oft ADJ with n