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[dih-pres]

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verb (used with object)

to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.

to lower in force, vigor, activity, etc.; weaken; make dull.

to lower in amount or value.

to put into a lower position: to depress the muzzle of a gun.

to press down.

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Music. to lower in pitch.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English depressen < Anglo-French, Old French depresser < Latin dēpressus pressed down (past participle of dēprimere, equivalent to de- de- + -primere, combining form of premere to press); see pressure

Related forms

de·press·i·ble, adjective

de·press·i·bil·i·ty, noun

o·ver·de·press, verb (used with object)

un·de·press·i·ble, adjective

Synonyms
1. dishearten, discourage, sadden. See oppress. 3. devalue, cheapen.

Antonyms
4. raise, elevate.

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On the flip side, information technology can depress demand for workers with only high school diplomas or less.

Most of the burden of filling these gaps will fall on the companies themselves, which will depress their profits.

The more they produce, the more they depress the price of natural gas.

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On the flip side, information technology can depress demand for workers with only high school diplomas or less.

Most of the burden of filling these gaps will fall on the companies themselves, which will depress their profits.

The more they produce, the more they depress the price of natural gas.

And malaria can stifle foreign investment, depress tourism and hinder the movement of labor between regions.

All of these drugs are designed to depress the central nervous system in various ways to reduce pain or induce sleep.

Piling a big federal consumption tax on top of local levies will depress consumption and limit state and local revenues.

Once the wearer is threatened, she would depress either of two palm switches located in the cradle of each hand to discharge the.

Yet if one-offs can so easily depress growth, that only underlines how fragile the economy's underpinnings are.

At the indicated moment, every player must depress the button on the handle.

There is a clear risk that it could depress demand below the government's forecasts.

The screws serve to add weight to each of the keys to ensure that the light birds can provide enough pressure to depress them.

The government's instinct for centralised control continues to inhibit enterprise and depress growth.

Others-it is feared-displace local skills and depress wages at the bottom.

The ensuing rush to protect home markets served only to depress commerce further.

To push them up artificially would merely raise unemployment, which would depress consumption and imports still further.

The main impact of the property downturn will be to depress construction.

It is this legacy that allows past losses to depress future gains.

They will continue to depress wages and labor standards and deepen the ranks of the working poor.

Rumors are part of the market and lift prices as often as depress them.

The government's plan to cut public spending is also likely to depress the economy.

So they are arguing that a high down payment requirement would reduce housing demand and therefore further depress home values.

Dismal export prospects will also depress manufacturing investment next year.

Soaring health-insurance premiums depress wages and prompt cash-strapped firms to stop covering their staff.

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World English Dictionary

depress (dɪˈprɛs)

—vb
1.	to lower in spirits; make gloomy; deject
2.	to weaken or lower the force, vigour, or energy of
3.	to lower prices of (securities or a security market)
4.	to press or push down
5.	to lower the pitch of (a musical sound)
6.	obsolete to suppress or subjugate

[C14: from Old French depresser, from Latin dēprimere from de- + premere to press¹]

de'pressible

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

depress

early 14c., from O.Fr. depresser, from L.L. depressare, freq. of L. deprimere "press down," from de- "down" + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).

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Medical Dictionary

depress de·press (dĭ-prěs')
v.

To lower in spirits; deject.
To cause to drop or sink; lower.
To press down.
To lessen the activity or force of something.

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"Good breeding and good nature do incline us rather to help and raise people up to ourselves, than to mortify and depress them, and, in truth, our own private interest concurs in it, as it is making ourselves so many friends, instead of so many enemies."

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