depress
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America, British) IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛs/
depress (depresses, present participle depressing; past and past participle depressed)
To press down. - Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- Winter depresses me.
- To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (math) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- French: appuyer
- Portuguese: pressionar
- German: deprimieren
- Portuguese: deprimir
- Spanish: deprimir
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