Hi, I remember once learning the word "depress" in third grade in my advanced class as in "to depress a button". I've only ever heard "press a button", does anyone still use "depress" in the context of to press down on?

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's weird because the words desynchronize, de-stress, decriminalize mean un-synchronize, un-stress, un-criminalize

So it would seem like depress should mean un-press (let go of the button).

But depress = press !

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