English dictionary
depression
nounPronunciation
dɪˈpɹɛʃən
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- pushing down
noun
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
noun
- a sunken or depressed geological formation
noun
- angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
noun
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
noun
- a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
noun
- a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
noun
- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
noun
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
Example sentences
depression of the space bar on the typewriter
he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow