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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

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IPA(Pronunciation)

transitive intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

Japanese Meaning

圧縮する：物体を圧力で小さくする、または体積や占有空間を減らすこと / 縮小する：物の大きさや体積を小さくすること

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Please compress the files before uploading them to save bandwidth.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

アップロードする前にファイルを圧縮して帯域幅を節約してください。

Sense（1）

(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.

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Sense（2）

(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

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To abridge.

Sense（5）

(technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.

Sense（6）

(obsolete) To embrace sexually.

This nymph compreſs'd by him vvho rules the day, / VVhom Delphi and the Delian iſle obey, / Andræmon lov'd; and, bleſs'd in all thoſe charms / That pleas'd a God, ſucceeded to her arms.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

compresses

（ present singular third-person ）

compressing

（ participle present ）

compressed

（ participle past ）

compressed

（ past ）

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