Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
My teacher asked me to compress the file.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
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.