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How to pronounce “oppress”
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Pronunciation guide for oppress
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of oppress with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How to Build Democracy — in an Authoritarian Country
But if you experience alternatives to social and political oppression,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce oppress
How to Build Democracy — in an Authoritarian Country
But if you experience alternatives to social and political oppression,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “oppress”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
- (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
- (transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
- (transitive, obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) Oppression.
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