compression

/kəmˈprɛʃən/

Syllables com·pres·sion

Stress com-PRES-sion

Phonics Breakdown

com

/kəm/

schwa

pres

/prɛs/

short e

sion

/ʃən/

-sion fixed sound

the act of pressing or squeezing something into a smaller space; reduction in size or data

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com=/kəm/(company) + pres=/prɛs/(press) + sion=/ʃən/(nation)

File compression reduces the size of large documents.