How do you compress a statment into one word?

Answer 1

Well, you can't always, but you can look for one or two words that encompass your meaning. If you are trying to compress "Bob was sad as he sat at the bus stop" for instance, you could think about what parts of that statement are essential to your story or poem, and then you could write "Waiting" as your one word, or "Sadly waiting" as your two. Do you really need the bus stop or the name of the guy? If so, it has to be expanded... but in poetry, for instance, you probably don't, unless it affects the mood you are trying to convey. ... Now that is a simplistic answer, and it will of course be harder at times, depending on what ideas you are trying to communicate... but it can be done. It just takes some thought and some effort.