depress
verb (used with object)
to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
will depress
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future tenseof depress.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A sharp drop in gas prices in the first half of the month will depress the headline increase in the CPI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
She worries that if a company ends up hiring a worker on a lower wage, the practice will depress wages for everyone.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026
They also will depress oil prices as sanctions disappear and production in those snakebit economies recovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
That will depress spending - and also have wider ramifications, as environmental permitting, patent approvals, payments to contractors and other kinds of government activity tied to business comes to a halt.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
Lord St. Vincent," he tells his brother, "will either take this late business up with a very high hand, or he will depress it; but how they will manage about Sir Hyde I cannot guess.
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
