🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

압축된

Pronunciation / Transliteration: apchukdoen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Compressed/kəmˈprɛst/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"압축된 공기는 청소에 사용됩니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Reduced in size or volume by applying pressure.

    "The compressed air in the canister is used to clean the keyboard."
As verb
  1. 1

    To press or squeeze together; to reduce in size or volume.

    "She compressed the files to save space on her computer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'compressed' originates from the Latin 'compressus', the past participle of 'comprimere', meaning 'to press together'. It evolved through Middle English, where it was used to describe something that has been pressed into a smaller space or volume.

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