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uncompressing

uncompressing is the present participle and gerund of uncompress.

Meaning of uncompress

Verb

uncompress (third-person singular simple present uncompresses, present participle uncompressing, simple past and past participle uncompressed)

  1. (transitive) To restore a compressed file to its normal size.
    Synonyms:
    decompress

Questions about uncompressing

What is uncompressing the present participle and gerund of?
Uncompressing is the present participle and gerund of uncompress.

Words near uncompressing in the dictionary

  1. uncompress
  2. uncompressable
  3. uncompressed
  4. uncompresses
  5. uncompressible
  6. uncompressing
  7. uncompression
  8. uncompressions
  9. uncompromisable
  10. uncompromised
  11. uncompromisedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncompressing (page history and authors); uncompress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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