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English
Etymology
From un- + compress.
Verb
uncompress (third-person singular simple present uncompresses, present participle uncompressing, simple past and past participle uncompressed)
- (computing, transitive) To restore a compressed file to its normal size.
Usage notes
Valid in computing only, otherwise considered nonstandard in deference to decompress.
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