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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•pres•sion (sə presh′ən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of suppressing.
- the state of being suppressed.
- Psychiatryconscious inhibition of an impulse.
- Botanythe absence of parts normally or usually present due to the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- Electronics, Radio and Television[Radio, Electronics.]the elimination of a component of a varying emission, as the elimination of a frequency or group of frequencies from a signal.
- Electricitythe reduction or elimination of irregular current oscillations or frequencies in a circuit.
- Latin suppressiōn- (stem of suppressiō) a pressing under. See suppress, -ion
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: suppression /səˈprɛʃən/ n - the act or process of suppressing or the condition of being suppressed
- the conscious avoidance of unpleasant thoughts
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•press /səˈprɛs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to put an end to the activities of (a person, group, etc.):The government suppressed any movement toward democracy.
- Psychiatryto hold back deliberately (an impulse or action):He had a hard time suppressing his anger.
- to keep (a thought, memory, etc.) out of conscious awareness:I think you're suppressing your feelings of hostility.
- to withhold (evidence, a book, etc.) or keep back from public knowledge:The president's office suppressed the release of those figures.
- to stop or arrest (a cough, hemorrhage, etc.):to suppress a cough.
sup•pres•sant, n. [countable]The doctor gave you a cough suppressant. sup•pres•sion /səˈprɛʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -press-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•press (sə pres′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.):to suppress the Communist party.
- to do away with by or as by authority; abolish;
stop (a practice, custom, etc.). - Psychiatryto keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
- to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
- to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
- to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.);
quell; crush. - Electricityto reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.
- Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent. to sup- sup- + pressus (see press1)
- late Middle English suppressen 1375–1425
sup•pressed•ly (sə prest′lē, -pres′id-),USA pronunciation adv. sup•press′i•ble, adj. sup•pres′sive, adj. sup•pres′sive•ly, adv. sup•pres′sor, sup•press′er, n. |