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Word: Compress
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French compresser or late Latin compressare, frequentative of Latin comprimere, from com- ‘together’ + premere ‘to press’; or directly from compress- ‘pressed together’, from the verb comprimere
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəmˈprɛs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
flatten by pressure; squeeze or press
Short Definition:flatten by pressure
Examples:- the skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag
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