CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OPPRESS
PRESENT
Present
I oppress
you oppress
he/she/it oppresses
we oppress
you oppress
they oppress
Present continuous
I am oppressing
you are oppressing
he/she/it is oppressing
we are oppressing
you are oppressing
they are oppressing
Present perfect
I have oppressed
you have oppressed
he/she/it has oppressed
we have oppressed
you have oppressed
they have oppressed
Present perfect continuous
I have been oppressing
you have been oppressing
he/she/it has been oppressing
we have been oppressing
you have been oppressing
they have been oppressing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I oppressed
you oppressed
he/she/it oppressed
we oppressed
you oppressed
they oppressed
Past continuous
I was oppressing
you were oppressing
he/she/it was oppressing
we were oppressing
you were oppressing
they were oppressing
Past perfect
I had oppressed
you had oppressed
he/she/it had oppressed
we had oppressed
you had oppressed
they had oppressed
Past perfect continuous
I had been oppressing
you had been oppressing
he/she/it had been oppressing
we had been oppressing
you had been oppressing
they had been oppressing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will oppress
you will oppress
he/she/it will oppress
we will oppress
you will oppress
they will oppress
Future continuous
I will be oppressing
you will be oppressing
he/she/it will be oppressing
we will be oppressing
you will be oppressing
they will be oppressing
Future perfect
I will have oppressed
you will have oppressed
he/she/it will have oppressed
we will have oppressed
you will have oppressed
they will have oppressed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been oppressing
you will have been oppressing
he/she/it will have been oppressing
we will have been oppressing
you will have been oppressing
they will have been oppressing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would oppress
you would oppress
he/she/it would oppress
we would oppress
you would oppress
they would oppress
Conditional continuous
I would be oppressing
you would be oppressing
he/she/it would be oppressing
we would be oppressing
you would be oppressing
they would be oppressing
Conditional perfect
I would have oppress
you would have oppress
he/she/it would have oppress
we would have oppress
you would have oppress
they would have oppress
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been oppressing
you would have been oppressing
he/she/it would have been oppressing
we would have been oppressing
you would have been oppressing
they would have been oppressing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you oppress
we let´s oppress
you oppress
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
oppressed
Present Participle
oppressing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «OPPRESS»
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oppress.
I was traumatised in the medieval Afghan society at Sarana village by the local boys of Omar's Taliban who forced my in-laws to subjugate me for trying to be different. There can be Omars in other religions, too, who oppress women.
No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from thence determine that it is best to have neither a legislature nor judges.
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.
Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.
Naturally I drew register a little exaggerated, in order to create something new in the sense of a sublime literature that sings of despair only in order to oppress the reader, and make him desire the good as the remedy.
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPPRESS»
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oppress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
oppress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Make Friends and
Oppress People: Classic Travel ...
Now, with the publication of Vic Darkwood's How to Make Friends and Oppress People, at long last today's aspiring adventurers can avail themselves of the best of classic travel advice on such invaluable topics as: -Using Anthills as Ovens ...
2
Corpus-based Analysis of the Partial Synonyms "
oppress, ...
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 1,7, http: //www.uni-jena.de/ (Institut fur Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Seminar, 12 entries in the bibliography, language: ...
3
Handbook of Consolations: For the Fears and Trials that ...
In this pastoral work, which is the first complete English translation based on Gerhard's original Latin to be published since the seventeenth century, Gerhard brings together his extensive understanding of Scripture, theology, and church ...
4
A Beginner's Guide to the Steinsaltz Talmud
The word for stranger, ger, can also mean “convert to Judaism." Mekhilta, an
early midrash on Exodus, provides several interpretations of one verse in the
Torah that urges Jews not to oppress the ger. “Neither oppress (tonu) nor
pressure a ...
5
Women and the Men who
Oppress Them: Ideologies and Protests ...
The American civil rights movement created a ready environment in which exploited people protested their social status and demanded change.
6
The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments
3 7 he that opetietb and no Opportunity. Gal. 6 10 as we have opportunity
Oppress, -id, &e. Exod. 22 21 a stranger, nor oppress Lev. 25 14 nor oppress one
another Psal. 111 22 let not the proud oppress Prov. iz 22 neither oppress the
hireling ...
7
The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...
52: 4. the Assyrian oppressed them Eze.l 8:18. because he cruelly oppressed, 22
: 29. people of the land have used oppression, — they have oppressed the
stranger Mic. 2: 2. so they oppress ( marg. or, defraud) a roan and his house, KAL
.
Bodl 4 reads sing. xayal ("O strong one"); omitted in Abb 55. // "Who" ('ella) -
omitted in BM 485. // "With might" (ba-xayl) - BM 491 reads ba-xay- lekemu ("with
your might"); omitted in Abb 55. // "Oppress the righteous" (tekwarrehewwo la-
sadeq, ...
Loren T. Stuckenbruck, 2007
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The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...
2: 2.80 they oppress (marg. or, defraud) a man and his house, K A L. — Infinitive,
ICh 16:21 . He suffered no man to do them wrong: Ps. 105: 14. He suffered no
man to do them wrong: Hos.12: 7(8). he loveth tooppress. (marg. or, deceive)
KAL ...
10
English and Chinese pronouncing dictionary
Rftl)<j, Oppress, fop-pres') r. C To burden with unreasonable impositions, /^S8> S
^; to treat with unjust severity, rigour, Ac, ^^1); to overpower, gRild, F$M'> to
oppress, as the rich to the poor, MWy^lM IffES; to oppress the people, $& $ W&.
Shang wu yin shu kuan, 1903
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPPRESS»
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oppress is used in the context of the following news items.
The Return of the Native? Shashi Tharoor's critique of the British …
He also spoke about how Britain's industrialization was built on the labor and capital from India. Tharoor then posits, "It's a bit rich to oppress, ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Push Within Religions for Gay Marriage Gets Little Attention
So the role of Bible scholars who support marriage equality is to show that there's no biblical reason to oppress gay people. They are children ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Bernie Sanders Is Right- Income Inequality Is the Great Moral Issue …
How does that make a person any different than those who oppress them for whatever idiotic belief of superiority people hold over others? «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Hundreds of Israelis join protest to save Bedouin village on brink of …
... we have see the press coverage and the goal today is to show that there are many many Israelis who say to oppress people here cannot be ... «Mondoweiss, Jul 15»
The American Nightmare: the Tyranny of the Criminal Justice System
... the law is one-sided and top-down, used as a hammer to oppress the populace, while useless in protecting us against government abuse. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
Respect and justice necessary for peace
There would be no security problem for Israel if it did not oppress the Palestinian people. Peace is only possible if it is based on justice and ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
'Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella' one enchanted evening …
... who manages to pull off bored and unctuous all at once) to "govern" – i.e., oppress the peasants – while he rattles his saber and searches for ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
Wife of US Senate candidate in Florida quietly visited Cuba this year
... oppress the Cuban people. As Floridians, we should be promoting greater tourism to Florida, not encouraging tourism to an enslaved island, ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
Riots again?
... because it means that while we may be longsuffering, don't take us for granted, don't trifle with us, don't seek to oppress us,” he stressed. «Barbados Today, Jul 15»
An open letter to feminists
Men can be objectified. Boys' lives matter just as much as ours. Girls can be misogynists. Girls can oppress. There is more than one gender and ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
