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precompress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-com-press
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To subject to precompression

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English compress English precompress From pre- + compress.

Inflected Forms

precompresses (present, singular) precompressing (participle, present) precompressed (participle, past) precompressed (past)

Questions

What does precompress mean?
To subject to precompression
Where does precompress come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English compress English precompress From pre- + compress.

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