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precompress

precompress verb: to subject to precompression.

Verb

precompress (third-person singular simple present precompresses, present participle precompressing, simple past and past participle precompressed)

  1. To subject to precompression

Forms of precompress

third-person singular presentprecompresses
present participleprecompressing
past participleprecompressed
pastprecompressed

Origin of precompress

From pre- + compress.

Questions about precompress

What does precompress mean?
Precompress means to subject to precompression.
What part of speech is precompress?
Precompress is a verb.
What is the past tense of precompress?
The past tense of precompress is precompressed.

Words near precompress in the dictionary

  1. precompound
  2. precomprehend
  3. precomprehended
  4. precomprehending
  5. precomprehends
  6. precompress
  7. precompressed
  8. precompresses
  9. precompressing
  10. precompression
  11. precompressions

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