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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An image using the JFIF image file format, containing an image compressed using JPEG compression.

   "a JPEG of a cat"

2. 2
   Alternative letter-case form of JPEG. alt-of

Verb

1. 1
   To create or convert an image into a JPEG file.
2. 2
   Alternative letter-case form of JPEG. alt-of
3. 3
   To lossily compress an image file using the JPEG format with visible loss of quality. broadly

   "That image has been JPEGged to hell."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Acronym of Joint Photographic Experts Group. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. 2
   Image compression standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.

   "JPEG is widely used on the Web."

Synonyms

All synonyms

jfif

Example

More examples

"Tom couldn't figure out how to export JPEG files."

Etymology

From Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.