Meaning

2 senses

  1. To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor

  2. To cease to repress (a belief, memory, etc.).

Origin

From de- + repress.

From de- + repress.

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Forms

derepresses, derepressing, derepressed, derepressed
Base formderepress · to derepress
3rd person singularderepresses
Present participlederepressing
Past simplederepressed
Past participlederepressed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyderepress
he, she, itderepresses

Past simpleLesson

all personsderepressed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave derepressed
he, she, ithas derepressed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill derepress

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deregulationderelictC2deridederisionC2derivationderivative
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