/dɪˈpres/
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Translation
To make someone feel very sad and without hope. It can also mean to press something down.
Word origin
From Latin deprimere, meaning to press down, from de (down) and premere (to press).
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- deprimere
- English cognates
- press, pressure
Grammar
Verb typeregular (depress, depresses, depressed)
Examples
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Here it means the weather makes me feel sad.
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"Depressed" is the past form, meaning made people feel very sad.
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"Feel depressed" means to feel very sad for some time.
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