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oppressoppress /əˈprɛs/ verb [transitive often passive] ETYMOLOGYoppressOrigin: 1300-1400 French oppresser, from Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere to press against VERB TABLEoppress |
Present | I, you, we, they | oppress | | he, she, it | oppresses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | oppressed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have oppressed | | he, she, it | has oppressed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had oppressed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will oppress | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have oppressed |
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Present | I | am oppressing | | he, she, it | is oppressing | | you, we, they | are oppressing | Past | I, he, she, it | was oppressing | | you, we, they | were oppressing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been oppressing | | he, she, it | has been oppressing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been oppressing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be oppressing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been oppressing |
1to treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same rights and opportunities as other people: The colonists oppressed the native peoples for centuries.2written to make someone feel unhappy by restricting his or her freedom in some way: The loneliness of her little apartment oppressed her. |