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to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together<a science textbook that compresses a lot of information about human reproduction into a few short chapters>Synonymscompact, condense, constrict, contract, squeezeRelated Wordscram, crowd, jam, jam-pack, pack; abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten; downsize, shrink; concentrate, consolidate; simplify, streamline; decrease, diminish, lessenNear Antonymsdisperse, dissipate, scatter; distend, inflate, swellAntonymsexpand, open, outspread, outstretch
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to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter<the material can compress under pressure>— see contract 2
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