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repress

/ɹipˈɹes/ree-PRES
/ɹipˈɹɛs/ree-PRES

Meaningpress back

Common meaning: restrain or suppress

Journey through time

  1. Latinreprimere‘press back’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftspress back → restrainrepressen‘restrain’source
  3. Englishrepress‘restrain or suppress’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin reprimere ‘press back’.

Roots

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