precompress

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verb

To subject to precompression

OriginEnglish compress ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

verbprecompress (third-person singular simple present precompresses, present participle precompressing, simple past and past participle precompressed)

present singular third person precompresses · participle present precompressing · participle past precompressed · past precompressed

  1. To subject to precompression

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishcompress
  10. Englishprecompress

From pre- + compress.

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Translations

Italian precomprimere
  • precomprimeresubject to precompression
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precompress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precompress.

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