uncompress

Questions about uncompress

What does uncompress mean?

uncompress means "restore to its uncompressed form".

How many syllables are in uncompress?

uncompress has 3 syllables and divides as un-com-press under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for uncompress?

Close synonyms include decompress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is uncompress a common word?

uncompress is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.