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# depress

verb (depress, depresses, depressed, depressing)

«depress» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To depress someone is to make them feel very sad and without hope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#m1)
2. (formal) To depress a button, key or pedal is to press it down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#m2)
3. (money) To depress prices, trade or wages is to make them lower or less active. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk, «the rainy weather depresses me» means it makes me feel low. In instructions: «depress the brake pedal». In economics and news, a bad year depresses sales. Adjectives: depressed (feeling very low; also, an illness called depression that needs care) and depressing (making you sad).

### Examples

- Grey, rainy days depress me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#x1)
- Depress the button to start the machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#x2)
- The bad news depressed the whole team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#x3)
- The driver depressed the clutch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#x4)
- The storm depressed sales at the seaside shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#x5)
- Losing every game started to depress him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb. Nouns: depression, depressant. Depression is a real illness, not just feeling a bit sad; if someone feels hopeless for a long time, they should talk to a trusted adult or doctor.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «depress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«depress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/depress.html) on Mova free.