depressde‧press /dɪˈpres/ AWL verb [transitive] 
The thought of taking the exam again depressed him. It depresses me that nobody seems to care.2to prevent an economy from being as active and successful as it usually is: Several factors combined to depress the American economy.3formal to press something down, especially a part of a machine: Depress the clutch fully.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say they push (down) or press (down) a button rather than depress it:· Push this button for cold water.· Push the clutch down fully.4formal to reduce the value of prices or wages: High interest rates may depress share prices.
WORD ORIGINdepress
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French depresser, from Latin premere ‘to press’VERB TABLE
depress
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | depress |
| he, she, it | depresses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | depressed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have depressed |
| he, she, it | has depressed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had depressed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will depress |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have depressed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am depressing |
| he, she, it | is depressing | |
| you, we, they | are depressing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was depressing |
| you, we, they | were depressing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been depressing |
| he, she, it | has been depressing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been depressing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be depressing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been depressing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Depress the brake slowly.
- Falling demand for wheat has depressed its market price.
- It depressed me to think that five years ago I was earning more than I do now.
- Listening to the news can really depress you, if you let it.
- Shaun decided to leave. The way the others were behaving was beginning to depress him.
- That movie depressed me for hours.
- The governor thinks higher taxes will depress the state's economy.
- Sometimes she stayed for weeks, but it depressed her terribly.
- The aim in doing this is not to depress yourself but to be open to the possibility of self-improvement.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone feel sad
· Something at school was making her unhappy, but she didn't want to talk about it.it makes somebody sad/unhappy to do something · It made me sad to see her looking so old and ill.
to make someone feel sad and want to cry: · I'm sorry if I upset you - I didn't mean to.· The idea of having to change school seemed to upset him more than we thought it would.it upsets somebody to do something: · Her father died when she was ten, and it still upsets her to think about it.
if a situation or event saddens someone, it makes them feel sad, especially because they think that this type of situation or event should not happen: · Everyone was saddened by the news that housing is to be built on the fields beside Cliff Lane.· Those of us who knew him are shocked and saddened by his death.it saddens somebody to do something: · Sometimes it saddened him to think that he was no longer young.it saddens somebody that : · It saddens me that there are people who go around vandalizing public places like this.
to make someone feel very sad or unhappy, especially so that they feel that only bad things happen and they cannot change the situation: · Listening to the news can really depress you, if you let it.· Shaun decided to leave. The way the others were behaving was beginning to depress him.it depresses somebody to do something: · It depressed me to think that five years ago I was earning more than I do now.
informal to gradually make someone feel unhappy and tired over a period of time: · The endless rain was beginning to get him down.· You can tell me if there's anything that's worrying you or getting you down.
to make someone very sad and upset, especially because a relationship has ended or because they are very disappointed: · When Annie left him, it broke his heart.it breaks somebody's heart (that): · It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined.it breaks somebody's heart to do something: · It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone house where she'd lived for so long.
spoken if something is a downer , it makes you feel unhappy, especially because it is not good or successful: · I thought the movie was going to be a total downer, but it wasn't.on a downer: · The home team concluded its season on a big downer with a 2- 0 defeat.
to make someone feel very unhappy and without hope - use this especially when a bad situation is continuing and they cannot see how to change it: · There were times when the endless arguments drove him to despair.· By the time I was 17, the atmosphere at the school was driving me to despair.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY It depresses me that nobody seems to care.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
It depresses me that nobody seems to care. (=with not enough business activity, jobs etc)· Economically depressed areas in the northeast will receive extra EU funding.
· The economy is weak and consumer confidence is low.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Not all people who are sad are clinically depressed.· Researchers speculate that this area becomes overloaded and shuts down eventually, leaving the woman numb and clinically depressed.
· The demonology that clinches the sale is deeply depressing.· But, nobody knew how deeply depressed I was myself.
· Thus a spiral has developed where falling prices deter purchasers, which further depresses prices.
· What is more depressing is the way this escape from the facts is beginning to creep into Western discourse on Kosovo.· Tom imagined the worst some-times, especially at dusk when he felt more depressed than at any other time of day.· BAshley, unlike her brother, is more depressed than hostile.· And so they wait for the ax to fall, wondering why they get more depressed and sick.· He was more depressed by this failure than he admitted to himself.· As the years went by and the excruciating physical pain continued, the woman became understandably more and more depressed and anxious.· I had become more and more depressed and more and more certain that I had no one to blame but myself.· As we pass one after another of these kinds of homes I find myself getting more and more depressed.
· I think this was the most depressing place for learning that I have seen anywhere.
· It would really depress me if I did.· I find it really depressing that a city as diverse as New York has succumbed to this kind of corporate takeover.
· At worst, we can become anxious, insecure and severely depressed.· A 47-year-old married man with two teen-age children became severely depressed after losing his job as an advertising executive.· Also, an overdose of barbiturates can severely depress the central nervous system and lead to death.· What she is, though I do not know it at the time, is severely depressed.
· Cheap timber from rainforests allowed it to undercut competitors, and so depress the global paper market.· It was all so sad, so depressing, so futile.· He did not find the voyage itself so difficult or uncomfortable, so why was it that he felt so depressed?· Carol Buckley became so depressed that she attempted suicide and spent 1 years in and out of psychiatric hospitals.
· Jack had been meaning to write for some time but had kept putting it off because it was too depressing.· Wages are too depressed in Tucson, this businessperson said, adding the initiative seems like a great idea.
· We were committed, perhaps too committed - and then very depressed by the response.· With this in mind, let me tell you: Charles Restaurant is one very depressing place.· I am very depressed and can not stop crying.· Then the man disappoints her, and she is very depressed.· If all musicians and composers measured themselves against Mozart, they would be very depressed people.· After my second or third game, I was very depressed, thinking so much had gone wrong.
NOUN· Cheap timber from rainforests allowed it to undercut competitors, and so depress the global paper market.· But the depressed market has caused the company to build up huge debts.· One house in five sold in Britain now is repossessed, and that depresses the house price market.
· Normally rising interest rates will depress the price of gilts by making their fixed interest payments less attractive to investors.· That could depress prices over the next year, some analysts say.· This of course, simply depresses world prices further, making matters worse for them.· But that could cause another problem: If enough farmers pile into grain, it might cause an oversupply and depress prices.· Thus a spiral has developed where falling prices deter purchasers, which further depresses prices.· But new steel mills are starting up, which some analysts expect will boost supply and depress prices over the next year.· The sale of securities depresses their price and so raises interest rates.· That will depress the price of the collateral and other assets sitting on balance sheets.
· The fact is, however, that alcohol depresses the nervous system, including the part of the brain which inhibits behaviour.· Also, an overdose of barbiturates can severely depress the central nervous system and lead to death.· Alcohol depresses the nervous system, and taken in excess impairs intellectual functioning.· People with depressed immune systems also tend to experience major problems with infections caused by ordinary fungi.
· There is some, rather depressing, evidence that women are as thrilled by male hardness as ever they were.
VERB· Older people can quickly become dispirited and depressed by chronic illness.· A 47-year-old married man with two teen-age children became severely depressed after losing his job as an advertising executive.· I had become more and more depressed and more and more certain that I had no one to blame but myself.· Eleanor was beaten repeatedly by her husband and became depressed as a result.· When Juliette becomes depressed and finally suicidal, Alex and Marie put aside their jealousies to aid the girl.· Carol Buckley became so depressed that she attempted suicide and spent 1 years in and out of psychiatric hospitals.· Of course, a woman whose family has been everything to her may become depressed when the children grow up and away.
· Today the Tay was the colour of infinity and made me feel suddenly depressed.· Yet, as I rested my weary body into my bath that night and closed my eyes, I felt depressed.· When my daughter seemed to lose interest in breastfeeding and demanded more solid food, I spent several days feeling depressed.· There were plenty of excuses I could have used to feel depressed about my future.· If it is raining or snowing, we feel displeased, and start the day feeling moody and depressed.· No, the boy said, he felt depressed.· She was always there for me when I felt discouraged or depressed.
· The next morning, we got a particularly depressing sample of how poorly our intelligence-gathering system worked.· And so you stay stuck, spinning your wheels, and getting angry or depressed.· In addition to being angry about this, I could get depressed.· Some can undergo terrible problems and not get depressed, while others are depressed for no apparent reason.· And so they wait for the ax to fall, wondering why they get more depressed and sick.· As we pass one after another of these kinds of homes I find myself getting more and more depressed.· He gets depressed when he reads computer ads describing models that are two-thirds again as fast as his but cost one-third less.
WORD FAMILYadjectivedepresseddepressingdepressantdepressivenoundepressiondepressantdepressiveverbdepressadverbdepressingly
1to make someone feel very unhappy: The thought of taking the exam again depressed him. It depresses me that nobody seems to care.2to prevent an economy from being as active and successful as it usually is: Several factors combined to depress the American economy.3formal to press something down, especially a part of a machine: Depress the clutch fully.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say they push (down) or press (down) a button rather than depress it:· Push this button for cold water.· Push the clutch down fully.4formal to reduce the value of prices or wages: High interest rates may depress share prices.