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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
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