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ENGLISH VERB

compress

to compress

  • Regular verb
  • Gerund: compressing
  • Past participle: compressed

Conjugation

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Present

Simple present · now, habits and facts

  1. I I compress
  2. you you compress
  3. he, she, it he compresses
  4. we we compress
  5. they they compress

Past

Simple past · finished actions

  1. I I compressed
  2. you you compressed
  3. he, she, it he compressed
  4. we we compress
  5. they they compressed

Future

Future · “will”

  1. I I will compress
  2. you you will compress
  3. he, she, it he will compress
  4. we we will compress
  5. they they will compress

Present continuous

Present continuous · happening right now

  1. I I am compressing
  2. you you are compressing
  3. he, she, it he is compressing
  4. we we are compressing
  5. they they are compressing

Present perfect

Present perfect · “have done”

  1. I I have already compressed
  2. you you have already compressed
  3. he, she, it he has already compressed
  4. we we have already compressed
  5. they they have already compressed

Conditional

Conditional · “would”

  1. I I would compress
  2. you you would compress
  3. he, she, it he would compress
  4. we we would compress
  5. they they would compress

Imperative

Imperative · requests and orders

  1. compress!

How to use compress

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    This program compresses photos without losing quality.

    This program compresses photos without losing quality.

  2. Past

    I compressed the videos before sending them.

    I compressed the videos before sending them.

  3. Future

    The app will compress the file automatically.

    The app will compress the file automatically.

  4. Present continuous

    The computer is compressing the folder now.

    The computer is compressing the folder now.

  5. Present perfect

    We have compressed the whole project into one file.

    We compressed the entire project into a single file.

  6. Conditional

    I would compress the images for the website.

    I would compress the images for the website.

  7. Imperative

    Compress the file, it's too big to email.

    Compress the file; it's too big to send by email.

Good to know

  • In computing, "compress a file" is zipar; "compressed" is also compactado.

Where you hear compress

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

English for Brazilians · Intermediate Level 3

  • My phone compresses the file. My phone compresses the file.
  • I compressed the file for you. I compressed the file for you.
  • Then you'll compress the file. Then you'll compress the file.
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Intermediate Level 3 · compress the file

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