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- Dictionarycompressed/kəmˈprɛst/
adjective
- 1. flattened by pressure; squeezed or pressed together: "compressed gas"
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The meaning of COMPRESSED is pressed together : reduced in size or volume (as by pressure). How to use compressed in a sentence.
to press something into a smaller space: Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure. compressed air. to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter: The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months. I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.
verb [ T ] uk / kəmˈpres / us / kəmˈpres / to press something into a smaller space: Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure. compressed air. to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter: The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.
Compressed definition: pressed into less space; condensed. See examples of COMPRESSED used in a sentence.
to cause to become a solid mass: to compress cotton into bales. to condense, shorten, or abbreviate: The book was compressed by 50 pages. Computers. to reduce the storage space required for (data) by changing its format: The algorithm should compress the video file without losing any quality.
1. : a folded cloth or pad applied so as to press upon a body part. 2. : a machine for compressing. Synonyms. Verb. capsule.
to press something into a smaller space: Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure. compressed air. to make information, a piece of writing, etc. shorter: The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months. I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.
