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How to pronounce “compress”

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Pronunciation guide for compress

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of compress with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Little Book of Black Holescompress the sun down to a much smaller radius,
Definition summary: (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

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The Little Book of Black Holes

compress the sun down to a much smaller radius,

[Verb]
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
(intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
(transitive) To abridge.
(computing, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
(physics, transitive) To make a pulse or particle bunch shorter by applying dispersion to it.
(obsolete) To embrace sexually.
[Noun]
(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
A machine for compressing.