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to uncompress

to uncompress

6.3
Make a file or folder return to its original size and form
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈkəmprɛs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : descomprimir

Examples

  • If they compress and uncompress right, one of the tests was well what if you just feed it junk?

  • A way of determining the need for total data recovery would be to compress the data and then uncompress the compressed result to determine the acceptability of that operation.

    Academic text (1998)

  • For each newspaper page, the NDNP requires delivery of an uncompressed TIFF 6.0, and a JPEG2000 and PDF derived from the original TIFF.

    Academic text (2013)

  • To access the files, you first need to uncompress the zipped folder on your computer.

  • Before editing the document, please uncompress the compressed file to retrieve its contents.

  • The software can automatically uncompress data that was previously compressed for storage.

Synonyms

to decompress
vsto uncompress
  • Specialized
3 5.0

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

means the same but uses the broader phrase reversing compression
to inflate
vsto uncompress
  • Specialized
6.5

To make compressed computer files larger so you can use them

is the general process of reversing compression for any files

Antonyms

to compress
94 3.7

To press something so it takes less space

Surface Forms

uncompress infinitive
uncompressed past
uncompressed past participle
uncompressing present participle
uncompresses third person singular

Morphology

uncompress = compress (transparent) = un + compress

The negative prefix 'un-' is productively attached to the verb 'compress' to indicate the reverse action; meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word uncompress starts with un- meaning 'undo' and the part compress comes from a root that means 'to press together', like the everyday word press, so to uncompress a file is to 'undo the pressing' and return it to its original size and form.