Grade 6

compression (com-pres-sion)

Definition


noun.
the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something

Example Sentence

The compression of the 400 page book into a two hour movie was not easy.

Synonyms

compacting; squeezing; constriction; condensation

Antonyms

expansion

Rhymes

  • deshane
  • deshon
  • eschen
  • freshen
  • hessian
  • hession
  • question
  • session

  • accession
  • aggression
  • compression
  • concession
  • confession
  • depression
  • digression
  • discretion
  • expression
  • impression
  • obsession
  • oppression
  • possession
  • precession
  • procession
  • profession
  • progression
  • recession
  • regression
  • repression
  • secession
  • succession
  • suppression
  • transgression

  • decompression
  • indiscretion
  • intercession
  • misimpression
  • nonaggression
  • repossession