Meanings
nounpact (plural pacts)
plural pacts
- international lawAn agreement between two or more nations.
In response, all seven nations of the Baltic community signed the Helsinki Convention of 1974, the world's first pact to protect an entire sea against pollution from all sources.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 613
verbpact (third-person singular simple present pacts, present participle pacting, simple past and past participle pacted)
present singular third person pacts · participle present pacting · participle past pacted · past pacted
- intransitiveTo form a pact; to agree formally.
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.
1992, John Higley, Richard Gunther, Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe, page 129
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinpactum“something agreed upon”
- Middle Frenchpacte
- Middle Englishpact
- Englishpact
From Middle English pact, from Middle French pacte, from Old French, and its etymon Latin pactum (“something agreed upon”), from pacīscī (“to agree”).
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُعَاهَدَة, مِيثَاق
- مُعَاهَدَة (muʕāhada)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- مِيثَاق (mīṯāq)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- حِلْف (ḥilf)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- مُقَاوَلَة (muqāwala)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Bulgarian пакт
- пакт (pakt)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Catalan pacte
- pactean agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Chinese Mandarin 協議 /协议, 協定 /协定
- 協議 /协议 (xiéyì)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- 協定 /协定 (xiédìng)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- 條約 /条约 (tiáoyuē)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- 契約 /契约 (qìyuē)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- 公約 /公约 (gōngyuē)an agreement between two or more nations
- 條約 /条约 (tiáoyuē)an agreement between two or more nations
- 同盟 (tóngméng)(military) an alliance or coalition
- 聯盟 /联盟 (liánméng)(military) an alliance or coalition
- 達成協議 /达成协议 (dáchéng xiéyì)agree formally
Czech pakt, pakt
- paktan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- paktan agreement between two or more nations
Danish pagt
- pagtan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Dutch pact
- pactan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Estonian pakt
- paktan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Finnish sopimus, sopimus
- sopimusan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- sopimusan agreement between two or more nations
- liittouma(military) an alliance or coalition
- sopiaagree formally
French pacte
- pactean agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
German Pakt, Vertrag
- Paktan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- Vertragan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Greek συμφωνία, σύμφωνο
- συμφωνία (symfonía)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- σύμφωνο (sýmfono)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Hindi सन्धि
- सन्धि (sandhi)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Hungarian megállapodás, egyezmény
- megállapodásan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- egyezményan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Italian patto
- pattoan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Japanese 協定, 条約
- 協定 (kyōtei)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- 条約 (jōyaku)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Korean 협정, 조약
- 협정 (hyeopjeong)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- 조약 (joyak)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- 계약 (gyeyak)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Latin pactiō, pactum
- pactiōan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- pactuman agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Latvian pakts
- paktsan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Lithuanian paktas
- paktasan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Malay pakatan
- pakatanan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Norwegian Bokmål pakt
- paktan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Polish układ, pakt
- układan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- paktan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- paktan agreement between two or more nations
- układan agreement between two or more nations
Portuguese pacto
- pactoan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Romanian pact, пакт
- pactan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- пакт (pact)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Russian пакт, догово́р
- пакт (pakt)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- догово́р (dogovór)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- соглаше́ние (soglašénije)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- пакт (pakt)an agreement between two or more nations
- догово́р (dogovór)an agreement between two or more nations
- соглаше́ние (soglašénije)an agreement between two or more nations
Slovak pakt
- paktan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Spanish pacto, pactar
- pactoan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- pactaragree formally
- paccionaragree formally
Swahili agano
- aganoan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Swedish pakt
- paktan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Tamil உடன்படிக்கை, உடன்படிக்கை
- உடன்படிக்கை (uṭaṉpaṭikkai)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- உடன்படிக்கை (uṭaṉpaṭikkai)an agreement between two or more nations
Thai ข้อตกลง, อนุสัญญา
- ข้อตกลง (kɔ̂ɔ-dtòk-long)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- อนุสัญญา (à-nú-sǎn-yaa)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- สนธิสัญญา (sǒn-tí-sǎn-yaa)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- กติกาสัญญา (gà-dtì-gaa-sǎn-yaa)an agreement between two or more nations
Turkish antlaşma, mukavele
- antlaşmaan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- mukavelean agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- antantan agreement between two or more nations
- paktan agreement between two or more nations
Ukrainian пакт, пакт
- пакт (pakt)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- пакт (pakt)an agreement between two or more nations
Urdu مُعاہَدَہ, پَیمان
- مُعاہَدَہ (mu'āhada)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- پَیمان (paimān)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- عَہْد نامَہ ('ahd nāma)an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Vietnamese điều ước, hiệp ước
- điều ướcan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
- hiệp ướcan agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pact
contactactfactcontractimpactabstractexactextractpackedinteractbackedattracttractreactintactcrackedsubtractenactdistracttransacttactcounteractretractdetract
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
pact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pact
MLA
“pact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pact. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pact,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pact.
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