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Etymology 1
From Middle French compressen, from Late Latin compressare 'to press hard/together', from compressus, the past participle of comprimere 'to compress', itself from com- 'together' + premere 'to press'
Pronunciation
Verb
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Infinitive to compress |
Third person singular compresses |
Simple past compressed |
Past participle compressed |
Present participle compressing |
to compress (third-person singular simple present compresses, present participle compressing, simple past and past participle compressed)
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.
- (technology) (transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
Synonyms
- (press together): compact, condense, pack, press, squash, squeeze
- (be pressed together): contract
- (condense, abridge): abridge, condense, shorten, truncate
Antonyms
- (press together): expand
- (be pressed together): decontract
- (condense, abridge): expand, lengthen
- (make computing data smaller): uncompress
Derived terms
- compressed
- compressed air
- compressedly
- compressibility
- compressible
- compression
- compressive
- compressive strength
- compressor
- decompress
Related terms
Translations
to press together into a smaller space
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Etymology 2
From Middle French compresse, from compresser 'to compress', from Late Latin compressare 'to press hard/together', from compressus, the past participle of comprimere 'to compress', itself from com- 'together' + premere 'to press'
Pronunciation
- (RP) /ˈkɒmprɛs/, /"kQmprEs/
- (US) enPR: kŏm'prĕs, IPA: /ˈkɑmprɛs/, SAMPA: /"kAmprEs/
- Audio (US), nounhelp, file
Noun
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Singular compress |
Plural compresses |
compress (plural compresses)
- A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- He held a cold compress over the sprain.
- A machine for compressing
Related terms
Translations
cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
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johnyM
2009-04-30 07:09:46
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