censor
verb/ˈsensə(r)/
/ˈsensər/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they censor | /ˈsensə(r)/ /ˈsensər/ |
| he / she / it censors | /ˈsensəz/ /ˈsensərz/ |
| past simple censored | /ˈsensəd/ /ˈsensərd/ |
| past participle censored | /ˈsensəd/ /ˈsensərd/ |
| -ing form censoring | /ˈsensərɪŋ/ /ˈsensərɪŋ/ |
- to remove the parts of a book, film, etc. that are considered to be offensive or a political threat
- be censored The news reports had been heavily censored.
- The media may be censored, especially on defence issues.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCensor is used with these nouns as the object:- book
- film
- Internet
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to magistrates in ancient Rome who held censuses and supervised public morals): from Latin, from censere ‘assess’.
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