tiivistää — meaning in English

English meaning

• abstract noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
• compress verb To squeeze or press something into a smaller space.
• condense verb To make something shorter or more compact by removing unnecessary parts.
• hash noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
• pay verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.
• resume verb To start something again after it was paused or interrupted.
• seal noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
• summarize verb To reduce a longer piece of writing or speech down to its essential points.
• waterproof adj Not letting water pass through; able to keep water out completely.

Senses

tiivistää is used for these senses in English:

• abstract (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
• batten down (nautical) To close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo.
• close up (intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
• compress (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
• compress (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
• condense (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
• condense (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
• condense (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

abstract — full definition

1. noun A short summary of a longer document, especially an academic paper.
2. adj Existing as an idea rather than a physical, concrete thing.
3. adj Relating to art that uses shapes, colors, and forms rather than realistic depictions.
4. verb To take out or separate a general idea or quality from something specific.

compress — full definition

1. verb To squeeze or press something into a smaller space.
2. verb (computing) To reduce the size of a digital file by encoding it more efficiently.
3. noun A folded pad of cloth, sometimes cold or warmed, pressed against part of the body to relieve pain or swelling.

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