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Word entry · 8 letters

compress

Best crossword clue

"Squeeze together"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /kəmˈpɹɛs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cemoprssStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. squeeze or press together

Word origin

From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + premō (“press”).

Used in a sentence

  • The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
  • events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life
  • The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.

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