depress
verb /dɪˈpres/
/dɪˈpres/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they depress | /dɪˈpres/ /dɪˈpres/ |
| he / she / it depresses | /dɪˈpresɪz/ /dɪˈpresɪz/ |
| past simple depressed | /dɪˈprest/ /dɪˈprest/ |
| past participle depressed | /dɪˈprest/ /dɪˈprest/ |
| -ing form depressing | /dɪˈpresɪŋ/ /dɪˈpresɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody sad and without enthusiasm or hope
- depress somebody Wet weather always depresses me.
- The prospect of staying single depressed her.
- What depresses me most is that I never see you.
- it depresses somebody to do something It depresses me to see so many young girls smoking.
- depress something to make trade, business, etc. less active
- The recession has depressed the housing market.
- depress something to make the value of prices or wages lower
- to depress wages/prices
- depress something (formal) to press or push something down, especially part of a machine
- to depress the clutch pedal (= when driving)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French depresser, from late Latin depressare, frequentative of deprimere ‘press down’.