repress
gb/ɹipɹˈɛs/ us/ɹipɹˈɛs/
B2
Engelska
~ 9600
Betydelser
0 betydelser
Verb
B2
action
1
deliberately hold back feelings
to control strong feelings or desires so that you do not show them or act on them
Användningsmönster:
to repress [emotion/impulse]
Vanligt misstag:
Learners often confuse "repress" with "depress" and "oppress". "Repress" means to hold back feelings or actions; "depress" is usually about making someone sad or reducing something; "oppress" is about treating people in a cruel or unfair way. Many situations can use "suppress" instead of "repress"; "suppress" is more common and slightly more general in everyday English.
Synonymer
suppress (Very close in meaning, but slightly more formal and common in written English; can also sound more clinical.)
Antonymer
express (Focuses on showing or communicating feelings openly, which is the opposite of holding them back.)
Ordkombinationer
repress anger
|repress emotions
|repress feelings
|repress an impulse
|repress a smile
|repress the urge
Teman
emotions
|psychology
|behavior
|core_vocabulary
Exempel
- He tried to repress his anger during the meeting.
- She could not repress a smile when she heard the news.
- Many people are taught to repress their sadness instead of talking about it.
- He instinctively repressed the urge to shout back.
- They had learned to repress their true feelings around their parents.
Exempel för inlärare
- He repressed his anger and stayed quiet.
- She repressed her tears until she was alone.
- I tried to repress my fear of flying.
- They repress their feelings at work.
- She could not repress a laugh.
Verb
formal
B2
action
2
control people or protests by force
to use power or force to stop a group, protest, or idea from acting or spreading
Användningsmönster:
to repress [group/activity/opposition]
Vanligt misstag:
Learners often mix up "repress" and "oppress" in political contexts. "Repress" focuses on stopping actions or expressions (like protests or opposition), often by force. "Oppress" focuses on long-term, unfair, and cruel treatment of people. A government can both "oppress" people in daily life and "repress" protests when they appear.
Synonymer
crush (Suggests using very harsh or overwhelming force to stop something completely.)
Antonymer
tolerate (Means allowing something to exist or continue, even if one disagrees with it, rather than stopping it by force.)
Ordkombinationer
repress dissent
|repress opposition
|repress protests
|repress a movement
|brutally repress
|violently repress
Teman
politics
|law
|conflict
Exempel
- The government moved quickly to repress the protests.
- For decades, the regime repressed political opposition.
- Security forces violently repressed the student movement.
- The law has been used to repress dissenting voices.
- Minority groups were systematically repressed under the dictatorship.
Exempel för inlärare
- The army repressed the demonstration.
- The ruler used the police to repress his enemies.
- The new law may repress free speech.
- For many years, the state repressed this religious group.
- They tried to repress any sign of protest.
Verb
technical
C1
action
3
unconsciously block memories or feelings
to unknowingly push painful memories or feelings out of your mind so that you are not aware of them
Användningsmönster:
to repress [trauma/memory/feeling]
Vanligt misstag:
Learners sometimes use this psychological sense when they really mean the more general, conscious sense "to hold back feelings". This technical sense is specifically about an unconscious process, often in discussions of Freud, trauma, and therapy. In everyday speech, people often say "block out a memory" or simply "forget" rather than "repress" in this technical way.
Synonymer
block out (Informal phrase; often used for both conscious and unconscious mental avoidance, less technical than "repress".)
Antonymer
recall (Means to bring a memory into conscious awareness, the opposite of mentally keeping it out of awareness.)
Ordkombinationer
repress memories
|repress traumatic experiences
|repress childhood trauma
|unconsciously repress
|repress painful feelings
Teman
psychology
|mental-health
|health
|emotions
Exempel
- Therapists debated whether patients could truly repress traumatic memories.
- As a child, she seems to have repressed much of what happened at home.
- He may have repressed those painful experiences for many years.
- Some theories suggest that people repress emotions they find too frightening to face.
- The study questions the idea that people commonly repress memories of abuse.
Exempel för inlärare
- He repressed the memory of the accident.
- She may have repressed what happened when she was young.
- Some people repress very painful experiences.
- He repressed these feelings for many years.
- The doctor thinks she repressed the trauma.
Verb
technical
C1
action
4
reduce or stop gene expression
in biology, to stop or reduce how much a gene works or is expressed in a cell
Användningsmönster:
to repress [gene/transcription/expression]
Vanligt misstag:
Learners sometimes think this technical sense is about emotions or politics because it is the same verb. In biology, "repress" is specifically about lowering or stopping gene expression or activity, not about people or feelings.
Synonymer
inhibit (Very common in scientific writing; can be broader, covering many types of slowing or stopping biological activity.)
Antonymer
activate (Means to start or increase the activity of a gene or process, the opposite of reducing or stopping it.)
Ordkombinationer
repress gene expression
|repress transcription
|repress a promoter
|repress enzyme activity
|transcriptionally repress
Teman
science
|biology
Exempel
- The protein binds to the operator region to repress gene expression.
- Under these conditions, the cell represses transcription of the enzyme.
- This regulator can either activate or repress different sets of genes.
- Glucose strongly represses the production of these transport proteins.
- The mutation prevents the receptor from repressing downstream signaling.
Exempel för inlärare
- This protein represses the gene in low light.
- The cell represses this enzyme when sugar is high.
- A repressor can repress transcription of many genes.
- The drug may repress tumor growth.
- We study how these factors repress gene expression.
Grammatik
Grundform
repress
IPA
GB/ɹipɹˈɛs/
US/ɹipɹˈɛs/
Stavelser och betoning
repress (1 stavelse)
Ordformer
Verb
- Base: repress
- 3rd Person Singular: represses
- Present Participle: repressing
- Past: repressed
Ordfamilj
Forms
represses
verb
repressing
verb
repressed
verb
Core family
repression
noun C1
repressive
adjective
Related words
suppress
verb C1
suppression
noun B2
Negative and opposite forms
express
verb A2
unrepressed
adjective
Advanced or less common
repressively
adverb
repressiveness
noun
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