depths
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- noun
- /dɛpθs/
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- In the cold, lightless depths, there's very little oxygen.
John looks down into the depths of a knot in a Pinewood floor.
- John looks down into the depths of a knot in a Pinewood floor.
- We need to Plumb those depths and bring things out.
- So I was in the depths of my addiction.
- Why bigger animals that live at greater depths don't have eyes nearly that big?
- The the the depths to which language can descend.
- We've got to uncover the depths of the corruption.
- You know, nothing's going to prepare them to know the depths of the jungle.
- So let's go right into the depths of this video.
- It shall fall like a vessel on high seas, sinking to depths beyond light.
- And if you're not on the food chain it means you're down in the depths of the dark sea.
- Go back into the depths of hell you came from, right.
Examples
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But in the depths of your being, nothing is happening.
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They spend most of their time searching the Ocean's depths for prey.
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So I was in the depths of my addiction.
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We've got to uncover the depths of the corruption.
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THEN HE BEGAN TO HEAR STRANGE NOISES COMING FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE FOREST.
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In her book, The Sacred Depths of Nature, Ursula Goodenough expresses this eloquently:
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In the cold, lightless depths of the ocean, scientists discovered new marine species.
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They explored the depths of the forest, searching for hidden wildlife.
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The archaeologists uncovered the ancient ruins in the depths of the mountain.
Synonyms
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The deep inner parts of something, especially the Earth
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The distance from a surface down into something like a lake
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Etymology
The word depths comes from an old English word for deep, which means 'a long way down'. So the depths are the lowest or most hidden parts of something, like the bottom of the sea or the deepest feelings.