English dictionary
depth
nounPronunciation
dɛpθ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
noun
- the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
noun
- the extent downward or backward or inward
noun
- the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
noun
- (usually plural) a low moral state
Example sentences
the depth of his breathing
the depth of his sighs
the depth of his emotion
the depth of the water
depth of a shelf
depth of a closet
he had sunk to the depths of addiction