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re-encode

re-encode verb: to encode again.

Verb

re-encode (third-person singular simple present re-encodes, present participle re-encoding, simple past and past participle re-encoded)

  1. (transitive) To encode again.
    • I re-encoded my digital music collection at a lower bitrate to save disk space.

Forms of re-encode

third-person singular presentre-encodes
present participlere-encoding
past participlere-encoded
pastre-encoded
alternative formreencode

Origin of re-encode

From re- + encode.

Words formed from re-encode

Questions about re-encode

What does re-encode mean?
Re-encode means to encode again.
What part of speech is re-encode?
Re-encode is a verb.
What is the past tense of re-encode?
The past tense of re-encode is re-encoded.

Words near re-encode in the dictionary

  1. re-enacts
  2. re-enchant
  3. re-enchanted
  4. re-enchanting
  5. re-enchants
  6. re-encode
  7. re-encoded
  8. re-encoder
  9. re-encoders
  10. re-encodes
  11. re-encoding

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