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Suppress: Definition, Usage & Key Examples (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：hold back (suppress)

suppress 🔊

/səˈpres/

vt.

To make a strong effort to control and not show a feeling or reaction.

Suppress meaning illustrated: person holding back laughter in a serious setting.

hold back 🔊

➕

/hoʊld bæk/

vt.

To deliberately prevent an emotion, reaction, or sound from being openly expressed or revealed.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'supprimere', combining 'sub-' (under, down) and 'premere' (to press). Means to press down.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'SUPer PRESS' – a giant press pushing something down, helping you remember to suppress means to hold down or stop.

📖 Example

During the serious meeting, she had to suppress a giggle when her phone screen lit up with a funny meme from a friend. 🔊 In the middle of the formal discussion, she needed to hold back a laugh after seeing a humorous image sent by a friend.

🔗 Collocations

suppress a smile – To stop oneself from smiling.

suppress an urge – To resist a strong desire to do something.

suppress emotions – To consciously keep feelings from being shown.

🔄 Synonyms

restrain (vt.) – To hold back from action; to keep under control.

inhibit (vt.) – To hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process.

repress (vt.) – To subdue or keep down by force; often used for emotions or desires.

🚫 Antonyms

express (vt.) – To convey a thought or feeling in words or by gestures and conduct.

release (vt.) – To allow or enable to escape from confinement; to set free.

🌱 Derivatives

suppression (n.) – The act of suppressing.

suppressive (adj.) – Tending or serving to suppress.

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Latin 'supprimere', meaning to hold down or check. This term is frequently used in political and legal contexts to describe the act of quelling dissent or withholding evidence, a concept with roots stretching back to Roman governance and jurisprudence.

Meaning 2：put down (suppress)

suppress 🔊

/səˈpres/

vt.

To use force or authority to stop an activity or to stop information from being known.

Suppress definition: fire sprinkler system putting down a fire in a hallway.

put down 🔊

➕

/pʊt daʊn/

vt.

To use power or authority to stop something from continuing, operating, or becoming publicly known.

📁 Category：Laws & Regulations 🔖 Level：Advanced

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The new policy aims to suppress the spread of false information online by increasing fact-checking efforts. 🔊 The recently introduced rule is designed to put down the circulation of misinformation on the internet through enhanced verification.

🔗 Collocations

suppress a rebellion – To use force to end an uprising or revolt.

suppress information – To prevent data or news from being disclosed or circulated.

suppress freedom – To restrict or eliminate liberties, especially of speech or assembly.

🔄 Synonyms

quell (vt.) – To put an end to a rebellion or other disorder, typically by the use of force.

subdue (vt.) – To overcome, quieten, or bring under control by force or persuasion.

stifle (vt.) – To prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing.

🚫 Antonyms

allow (vt.) – To give permission for something to happen.

promote (vt.) – To support or actively encourage the development or spread of something.

🌱 Derivatives

suppressor (n.) – A person or thing that suppresses, such as a device to reduce noise.

suppressible (adj.) – Capable of being suppressed.