depression
11
5.3
- noun
- /dɪˈprɛʃən/
- Specialized
:
depresión
- Seven square depressions in one long row mark the site where about 70 people lived.
- a water-filled depression
- a shallow depression
- a large depression
Yeah, but Daniel McGinnis and these two guys saw this circular depression and the ground and they thought something's under there.
- Yeah, but Daniel McGinnis and these two guys saw this circular depression and the ground and they thought something's under there.
- And then you were in this massive Prairie that had, you know, some parts were elevated, some parts were were depressions.
Examples
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Natural variations in surface topography create depressions that fill with water from snowmelt during summer.
Academic text (2011) -
Soon it would begin descending into a vast depression a kilometer or so to the west.
Fiction book (1994) -
How do you account for the depression here?
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In the bottom of the small depression is some fine mud.
Fiction book (2000) -
The rock was bare here, a broad depression on which nothing seemed able to grow.
Fiction book (1992) -
The pond lay in a shallow depression, a high bank on three sides.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the ice melts, water fills the depressions to form lakes.
Academic text (2007) -
Alakai Swamp is thirty square miles of boggy terrain nestled in a depression of Mount Waialeale.
Academic text (1995) -
The huge, yellow machine quickly scooped out a natural depression along an old fence row.
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Natural variations in surface topography create depressions that fill with water from snowmelt during summer.
Synonyms
72
3.1
An area of land where water collects and flows into a river, lake, or sea
56
5.3
A small hollow in a surface, often on the skin
14
5.1
A long narrow hollow in the ground, sea, or between waves
14
3.8
A small empty space or dip in something
4
2.3
A small hollow in a flat surface
1
7.5
A small hollow in a surface that can hold water
A low hollow in the ground that often holds water
A hole that forms when wood decays or people dig the ground
Compounds
- Specialized
8
3.9
A serious mental illness doctors diagnose that causes long deep sadness and loss of interest and often needs treatment
- Archaic
7
4.8
A mental illness with times of very high energy and times of very low mood
- Specialized
1
8.0
A long time of deep sadness when someone cannot sit still and is easily annoyed
- Specialized
1
8.8
Severe depression where a person loses touch with reality and has hallucinations or false beliefs
- Specialized
A long time feeling sad and low in energy for at least two years
- Specialized
A long time of feeling very sad because of changes in the brain, not because of life events
- Specialized
A deep sadness in babies who lose their mother or main caregiver and get little care
- Specialized
A depression where a person cannot feel pleasure in usual activities
- Archaic
A long, serious time of deep sadness and loss of interest that starts in middle age or after menopause
- Archaic
A long time of deep sadness and worry without false beliefs or hearing things that are not there
- Specialized
A period of deep sadness and low energy after a stressful life event
- Formal
A long serious feeling of sadness with very slow movement and little energy that makes starting things hard
- Specialized
A long illness of deep sadness and low energy without periods of very high mood
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Depression comes from de- 'down' and press 'to push'. So a land depression is a low, sunken area in the ground, like a basin where water can collect.