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🗜️ To compress again 🏥 To increase pressure
to recompress

to recompress

5.9
Make a file smaller again, for example a photo or video
  • verb
  • /ˌriːkəmˈprɛs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recomprimir
  • To save storage space, you should recompress the video files after editing them.

Examples

  • After extracting the files, you can recompress them to save bandwidth when sharing.

  • I fare fairly well with that; I definitely don't need your server(s) to recompress images on every single test I run, so turning that off would make my results page smaller while being a small relief on your servers.

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  • He decided to recompress the large image files to make them easier to upload.

Synonyms

to compress
vsto recompress
94 3.7

To press something so it takes less space

focuses on doing the action again after prior decompression
to zip up
vsto recompress
  • Specialized
1 4.1

To compress files into a .zip file

does the same compression again, not only creating an archive
to repack
vsto recompress
  • Specialized
3.8

To put digital files into a new folder or format

compress files again specifically, not just change packaging
to deflate
vsto recompress
  • Specialized
4.2

To make digital files smaller for storage or transfer

applies the repeat compression idea rather than a single method
to gzip
vsto recompress
  • Specialized
7.6

To make a computer file smaller using a program called gzip

means to compress again regardless of which program is used

Antonyms

to expand
805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

to decompress
  • Specialized
3 5.0

Make a file or data the same as before it was made smaller

Surface Forms

recompress infinitive
recompressed past
recompressed past participle
recompressing present participle
recompresses third person singular

Morphology

recompress = compress (transparent) = re + compress

This is standard iterative prefixation: 'recompress' means 'compress again' from the verb 'compress'.

Etymology

Recompress combines re- ('again') and compress ('press together'), the same root you see in press. So to recompress a file is to 'press it together' again to make it smaller.