depress

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de·press | \ di-ˈpres

, dē- \

depressed; depressing; depresses

Definition of depress

transitive verb

1 obsolete : repress, subjugate

2a : to press down depress a typewriter key

b : to cause to sink to a lower position

3 : to lessen the activity or strength of drugs that may depress the appetite

4 : sadden, discourage don't let the news depress you

5 : to decrease the market value or marketability of

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Examples of depress in a Sentence

The news seemed to depress him a little. I don't mean to depress you, but there's no way we can win. We were all depressed by the loss. You shouldn't let this kind of problem depress you. These changes could depress the economy. Market conditions are likely to depress earnings in the next quarter. depressing the price of a stock Slowly depress the car's brake pedal. Depress the “shift” key on your keyboard. The doctor will depress your tongue and look at your throat.

Recent Examples on the Web Complicating the issue, for Story at least, is the glut of quality shortstops who could flood the market this fall and depress the value of all. — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 8 June 2021 The pandemic is expected to depress California’s growth even more. — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2021 These rules depress compensation for at least some student-athletes below what a competitive market would yield. — CNN, 21 June 2021 Some investors are wagering that Wall Street’s preference for green energy will depress spending on oil extraction, setting the stage for supply shortages and higher fuel prices. — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 14 June 2021 That claim is flimsy given historic turnout and diversity in recent elections, as well as data showing that voter-ID laws don’t depress turnout. — David B. Rivkin Jr. And Jason Snead, WSJ, 3 June 2021 Larger-than-expected production growth could depress WTI prices and hurt producers and oil services companies. — Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 Sylvia Albert, director of the voting and elections project at Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization that advocates to expand access to voting, said the GOP is moving to depress turnout following their losses in the last election cycle. — David Pitt, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021 There is not much left of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, and the Navy’s plan for DDG(X) would further depress the sector. — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 20 May 2021

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