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Meaning of Repress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A record pressed again; a repressing.

Equivalents

العربية إقمع
Български възпирам потушавам
བོད་སྐད བཙན་གནོན་བྱས
Català reprimir
Čeština potlačit potlačovat zadržet
Cymraeg adwthio
Deutsch Unterbinden Unterdrücken zurückdrängen
Esperanto deteni subpremi sufoki
Español reprimir
Euskara zapaldu
Suomi pidättää tukahduttaa
Français opprimer represser reprimer retenir
Magyar elfojt
日本語 匽
ខ្មែរ បង្ក្រាប
Latina reprimō
Português reprimir
Русский воздержаться воздерживаться подавить подавлять пресекать пресечь сдержа́ть сде́рживать сде́рживаться усмири́ть усмиря́ть
ไทย กลั้น ระงับ
Tiếng Việt đàn 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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