What part of speech is compressing?

Compressing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. compressing is a verb, gerund of compress (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does compressing mean?

Definitions

Verb

compress - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
compress - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

Noun

compressing - applying pressure

Examples of compressing

#   Sentence  
1. verb Compress the data.
2. verb He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
3. verb A baler is used to compress hay into bales.
4. verb I stomped on the pile of leaves to compress it.
5. verb He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
6. verb A baler is used to compress hay into bales.
7. verb I stomped on the pile of leaves to compress it.
Sentence  
verb
Compress the data.
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
A baler is used to compress hay into bales.
I stomped on the pile of leaves to compress it.
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
A baler is used to compress hay into bales.
I stomped on the pile of leaves to compress it.

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