Repress

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A record pressed again; a repressing.

Equivalents

Españolreprimir

Françaisopprimer represser reprimerretenir

DeutschUnterbinden Unterdrücken zurückdrängen

17 more languages

العربيةإقمع

Българскивъзпирам потушавам

བོད་སྐད།བཙན་གནོན་བྱས

Catalàreprimir

Češtinapotlačit potlačovat zadržet

Cymraegadwthio

Esperantodeteni subpremi sufoki

Euskarazapaldu

Suomipidättää tukahduttaa

Magyarelfojt

日本語匽

ភាសាខ្មែរបង្ក្រាប

Portuguêsreprimir

Русскийвоздержаться воздерживаться подавитьподавлять пресекать пресечь сдержа́ть сде́рживать сде́рживаться усмири́ть усмиря́ть

ไทยกลั้น ระงับ

Tiếng Việtđàn áp

Examples

“Save ⟳ for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant ⟳ and other kindred spirits — his own ⟳ titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Repressed represser Represses repressibility Repressible repressilator

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