What does depress mean?
Definitions for depress
dɪˈprɛsde·press
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word depress.
Princeton's WordNet
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoraliseverb
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
depressverb
lower (prices or markets)
"The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
lower, depressverb
cause to drop or sink
"The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
press down, depressverb
press down
"Depress the space key"
depressverb
lessen the activity or force of
"The rising inflation depressed the economy"
Wiktionary
depressverb
To press down on
Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
depressverb
To make depressed, sad or bored.
Winter depresses me.
depressverb
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
Etymology: From depressen, from depresser, from depressus, perfect participle of deprimo, from de + premere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DEPRESSverb
Etymology: from depressus, of deprimo, Latin.
The same thing I have tried by letting a globe rest, and raising or depressing the eye, or otherwise moving it to make the angle of a just magnitude. Isaac Newton, Opt.
Others depress their own minds, despond at the first difficulty, and conclude that the making any progress in knowledge is above their capacities. John Locke.
If we consider how often it breaks the gloom, which is apt to depress the mind, with transient unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 249.
Passion can depress or raise
The heavenly, as the human mind. Matthew Prior.
ChatGPT
depress
Depress is a verb that generally means to reduce or lower the level or strength of something. It can also refer to pushing something downwards, making a person feel mentally unhappy or discouraged or causing a decrease in the activities of body functions or economic activity. Different contexts can imply different meanings.
Webster Dictionary
Depressverb
to press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes
Depressverb
to bring down or humble; to abase, as pride
Depressverb
to cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed
Depressverb
to lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc
Depressverb
to lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate
Depressverb
to reduce (an equation) in a lower degree
Depressadjective
having the middle lower than the border; concave
Etymology: [L. depressus, p. p.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Depress
de-pres′, v.t. to press down: to let down: to lower: to humble: to make subject: to dispirit or cast a gloom over.—n. Depres′sant (med.), a sedative.—p.adj. Depressed′, pressed down: lowered: humbled: dejected: dispirited.—adj. Depres′sing, able or tending to depress.—adv. Depres′singly.—ns. Depres′sion, a falling in or sinking: a lowering: a fall of the barometer: a hollow: abasement: dejection; Depres′sor, an oppressor: a muscle that draws down: a surgical instrument for squeezing down a soft part. [L. deprimĕre, -pressum—de, down, and primĕre, to press.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
depress
The order to adjust the quoin in great-gun exercise; to depress the muzzle to point at an object below the level, in contradistinction to elevate.
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Anagrams for depress »
pressed
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of depress in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of depress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of depress in a Sentence
The illusion of being able to permanently depress the risk on equities through smart-beta or minimum-variance strategies has been very, very appealing, and a lot of money has piled in, but that delusion cannot be kept up because it's based on a strategy that doesn't work when the crowd arrives.
Even if the question is (taken) off, if people are tweeting as if it may be a real possibility, it continues to raise fears and depress the count.
One of the effects that the charges of fraudulent elections has is that it's going to depress Republican turnout — that if voters come to think their votes don't matter because the results are rigged, they'll stay home.
That would be a problem, i think it might depress [ turnout ] some.
Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.
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- خف� Arabic
- потискам, гнетя, натискамBulgarian
- deprimirCatalan, Valencian
- deprimovatCzech
- deprimereDanish
- deprimierenGerman
- deprimiEsperanto
- deprimirSpanish
- ahdistaa, laskea, alentaa, masentaaFinnish
- déprimerFrench
- dubhachIrish
- לחץ, דיכאHebrew
- lenyomjaHungarian
- menekanIndonesian
- depresarIdo
- deprimereItalian
- לְדַכֵּאHebrew
- 押し下げるJapanese
- depressLatin
- deprimerenDutch
- deprimereNorwegian
- deprymowaćPolish
- deprimir, pressionarPortuguese
- deprimaRomanian
- sänkaSwedish
- పోగొట్టడానికిTelugu
- กดThai
- bunalıma girmekTurkish
- chán nảnVietnamese
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