recompress

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verb

To compress again.

“The image may need a recompress if you have edited it.”

OriginEnglish compress ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person recompresses · participle present recompressing · participle past recompressed · past recompressed

  1. transitiveTo compress again.
nounrecompress (plural recompresses)

plural recompresses

  1. computingAn act of recompression.

    The image may need a recompress if you have edited it.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcompress
  7. Englishrecompress

From re- + compress.

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APA

recompress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompress

MLA

“recompress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recompress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recompress.

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