suppress

English

Etymology

From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈprɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

suppress (third-person singular simple present suppresses, present participle suppressing, simple past and past participle suppressed)

1. To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.

   The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.

2. (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.

Related terms

• suppression
• suppressor

Translations

to hold in place, to keep low

• Arabic: قمع (ar) (qámaʿa)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壓抑 (cmn), 压抑 (cmn) (yāyì), 抑制 (cmn) (yìzhì)

• Czech: potlačit (cs)
• Dutch: onderdrukken (nl)
• Finnish: tukahduttaa (fi)
• French: contenir (fr), réduire (fr), supprimer (fr), réprimer (fr)

• German: unterdrücken (de)
• Italian: sopprimere (it)
• Japanese: 抑える (ja) (おさえる, osaeru)
• Korean: 누르다 (ko) (nureuda), 억압하다 (ko) (eogap-hada)
• Maori: purupuru (mi)
• Portuguese: suprimir (pt)
• Russian: подавлять (ru) (podavljátʹ)  impf., подавить (ru) (podavítʹ)  pf.
• Spanish: suprimir (es)
• Swedish: undertrycka (sv)

External links

• suppress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• suppress in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• press-ups