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Definition
compress 
Hide phoneticsverb [T]
1 to make something smaller, especially by pressing it, so that it uses less space or time
compressed air
The course compresses two years' training into six months.
2 to use a special program to make information on a computer use less space
compression
Hide phoneticsnoun [U]
