oppress

«oppress» in Mova's school dictionary: to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (oppresses, oppressed, oppressing)

meaning for a pupil

To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a cruel ruler oppresses the people and takes away their freedom

examples

• The wicked king oppressed the poor villagers. tree →
• No one should oppress another person. tree →
• The people rose up against the soldiers who oppressed them. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
• Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.
• Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oppress» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.