Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - oppress
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Oppress
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(oppresses, oppressing, oppressed) 1. To oppress people means to treat them cruelly, or to prevent them from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others. These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in... We are not normal like everybody else. If we were they wouldn’t be oppressing us. VERB: be V-ed, V n, also V, V n with n 2. If something oppresses you, it makes you feel depressed, anxious, and uncomfortable. (LITERARY) It was not just the weather which oppressed her. VERB: V n
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin ~us, past participle of opprimere, from ob- against + premere to press — more at ob-, press Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic suppress b. to crush or burden by abuse of power or authority 2. to burden spiritually or mentally ; weigh heavily upon Synonyms: see wrong • ~or noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 keep in subservience by coercion. 2 govern or treat harshly or with cruel injustice. 3 weigh down (with cares or unhappiness). Derivatives oppressor n. Etymology: ME f. OF oppresser f. med.L oppressare (as OB-, PRESS(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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– to oppress a patent OPPRESS гл. 1) угнетать, притеснять 2) действовать угнетающе 3) удручать 4) подчинять 5) покорять ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. угнетать, притеснять to oppress the weak —- притеснять слабых to oppress the people —- угнетать народ 2. действовать угнетающе; удручать to feel oppressed with the heat —- томиться от жары to be oppressed with grief —- быть удрученным горем a sense of trouble ahead oppressed my spirits —- чувство, что у меня могут быть неприятности, угнетало меня ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) притеснять, угнетать 2) удручать, угнетать; to feel oppressed with the heat - томиться от жары Syn: see wrong ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v T often passive 1 to treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same rights that other people in society have (Native tribes had been oppressed by the government and police for years.) 2 to make someone feel unhappy by restricting their freedom in some way (The solitude of her little apartment oppressed her.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1380, from O.Fr. oppresser, from M.L. oppressare, freq. of L. opprimere "press against, crush," from ob "against" + premere "to press, push." Oppression (M.E.) is from O.Fr. opression, from L. oppressionem (nom. oppressio), from pp. stem of opprimere. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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