Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

My teacher asked me to compress the file.

Enlarge

The most appropriate antonym of the underlined word compress in the given sentence is enlarge.

• Compress means to make something smaller by reducing the amount of space it takes up.
• Enlarge means to make something larger by increasing the amount of space it takes up.

The other words listed are not antonyms of compress.

• Search means to look for something carefully.
• Trace means to follow the course of something or to find out about something by following its trail.
• Turn means to move something around so that it is facing in a different direction.