Meaning & use
Compressing
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Pressing or squeezing something to reduce its size, volume, or file space.
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He was compressing the sleeping bag to fit it into its small stuff sack.
The software works by compressing large video files without a major loss in quality.
A note on using this word
In computing, 'compressing' a file reduces its size by encoding repeated patterns more efficiently, a process central to formats like ZIP, JPEG, and MP3.
Words with a similar meaning
squeezingcondensing
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Words with an opposite meaning
expandingdecompressing
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