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| 1. | [ noun ] (psychology) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity | |
| Related terms: | elation psychological_state dejection melancholy funk slough_of_despond low_spirits blues melancholia | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (geography) a sunken or depressed geological formation | |
| Synonyms: | natural_depression | |
| Related terms: | natural_elevation geological_formation valley trough hole bed lowland gully crater basin trench sinkhole | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (economics,finance) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment | |
| Synonyms: | economic_crisis slump | |
| Related terms: | financial_condition Great_Depression slump | |
| 4. | [ noun ] sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy | |
| Related terms: | sadness despondency oppression helplessness dysphoria demoralization | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (meteorology) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation | |
| Synonyms: | low_pressure low | |
| Examples: | "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" |
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| Related terms: | air_mass cyclone | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | |
| Synonyms: | imprint impression | |
| Examples: | "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
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| Related terms: | concavity wrinkle crevice groove incision dip dimple sag dimple | |
| 7. | [ noun ] angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) | |
| Related terms: | angular_position | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (psychiatry) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | |
| Synonyms: | clinical_depression depressive_disorder | |
| Related terms: | affective_disorder endogenous_depression psychotic_depression exogenous_depression major_depressive_episode neurotic_depression anaclitic_depression retarded_depression dysthymia agitated_depression | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (economics) a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment | |
| Synonyms: | the_great_depression the_depression | |
| Related terms: | time_period | |
| 10. | [ noun ] pushing down | |
| Examples: | "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" |
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| Related terms: | push click press_down | |
| Similar spelling: |
depress depressing depressingly depressive depressant deforestation deprecation depressor depressed depreciation Devries Defreese Depriest deforest depressurise depressurize debris_storm depreciating deprecate depreciate deepfreeze de_forest |
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