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recompress

recompress verb: to compress again.

Verb

recompress (third-person singular simple present recompresses, present participle recompressing, simple past and past participle recompressed)

  1. (transitive) To compress again.

Noun

recompress (plural recompresses)

  1. An act of recompression.
    • The image may need a recompress if you have edited it.

Forms of recompress

Verb
third-person singular presentrecompresses
present participlerecompressing
past participlerecompressed
pastrecompressed
Noun
pluralrecompresses

Origin of recompress

From re- + compress.

Questions about recompress

What does recompress mean?
Recompress means to compress again.
What part of speech is recompress?
Recompress can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of recompress?
The past tense of recompress is recompressed.

Words near recompress in the dictionary

  1. recomposts
  2. recompound
  3. recompounded
  4. recompounding
  5. recompounds
  6. recompress
  7. recompressed
  8. recompresses
  9. recompressing
  10. recompression
  11. recompressions

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