verb
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To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
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The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
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To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
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Our new model compresses easily, ideal for storage and travel
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To condense into a more economic, easier format.
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This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
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To abridge.
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If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.
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To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
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To embrace sexually.