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compress
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?mpr?s', IPA(key): /k?m?p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
compress (third-person singular simple present compresses, present participle compressing, simple past and past participle compressed)
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument
- events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life
- 1810, William Melmoth (translator), Letters of Pliny
- The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (obsolete) To embrace sexually.
- 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses
- This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
Whom Delphi and the Delian isle obey,
Andræmon lov'd; and , bless'd in all those charms
That pleas'd a God, succeeded to her arms
- This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
- 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses
Synonyms
- (press together): compact, condense, pack, press, squash, squeeze; see also Thesaurus:compress
- (be pressed together): contract
- (condense, abridge): abridge, condense, shorten, truncate; see also Thesaurus:shorten
Antonyms
- (press together): expand
- (be pressed together): decontract
- (condense, abridge): expand, lengthen
- (make computing data smaller): uncompress
Derived terms
Related terms
- compression
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mp??s/
- (US) enPR: k?m'pr?s, IPA(key): /?k?mp??s/
Noun
compress (plural compresses)
- A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- A machine for compressing.
Related terms
- compression
Translations
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concentrate
English
Etymology
From French concentrer.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.s?n.t?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n.s?n.t?e?t/
Verb
concentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates, present participle concentrating, simple past and past participle concentrated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
- to concentrate rays of light into a focus
- to concentrate the attention
- To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
- Antonym: dilute
- to concentrate acid by evaporation
- to concentrate by washing
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
- (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
Derived terms
- concentrated
Translations
Noun
concentrate (plural concentrates)
- A substance that is in a condensed form.
Translations
Anagrams
- concertante
Italian
Adjective
concentrate f pl
- feminine plural of concentrato
Verb
concentrate
- second-person plural present of concentrare
- second-person plural imperative of concentrare
- feminine plural past participle of concentrare
Anagrams
- concertante, concretante
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kon?en?t?ate/, [kõn?.??n??t??a.t?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /konsen?t?ate/, [kõn.s?n??t??a.t?e]
Verb
concentrate
- Compound of the informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of concentrar, concentrá and the pronoun te.
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- what concentrates on quality than quantity
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