uncompress

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ compress.

Verb

uncompress (third-person singular simple present uncompresses, present participle uncompressing, simple past and past participle uncompressed)

  1. (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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