Censor Meaning in English

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التعريف

To examine books, movies, or other material and remove or block anything considered offensive, harmful, or not allowed.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Used both as a verb ('to censor') and a noun (a 'censor' is a person who censors). Often refers to government, media, or school actions. Common collocations: 'censor a movie', 'censored content'. Not the same as 'sensor' (device that measures things).

• Spanish: censurar
• Portuguese (BR): censurar
• Portuguese (PT): censurar
• Chinese (Simplified): 审查
• Chinese (Traditional): 審查
• Hindi: सेंसर करना
• Arabic: يُراقب - يُنقّح
• Bengali: নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা - বাদ দেওয়া (অপসারণ করা)
• Russian: цензурировать - подвергать цензуре
• Japanese: 検閲する
• Vietnamese: kiểm duyệt
• Korean: 검열하다
• Turkish: sansürlemek
• Urdu: سنسر کرنا
• Indonesian: menyensor

جمل نموذجية

The government may censor news it finds sensitive.

basic

They decided to censor the violent scenes in the movie.

basic

Some words on TV are censored for children.

basic

If you censor everything, people won't trust the media anymore.

natural

My comment was censored before it appeared online.

natural

They didn't even bother to censor the bad language in that song.

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