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| 1. | [ noun ] extent downward or backward or inward | |
| Examples: | : "the depth of the water" "depth of a shelf" "depth of a closet" |
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| Related terms: | extent penetration shallowness sounding deepness draft deep deep shallow shallow | |
| 2. | [ noun ] degree of psychological or intellectual depth | |
| Related terms: | degree superficiality profundity | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part | |
| Examples: | "from the depths of darkest Africa" "signals received from the depths of space" |
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| Related terms: | region back_of_beyond plural | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (usually plural) a low moral state | |
| Examples: | "he had sunk to the depths of addiction" |
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| Related terms: | abasement plural | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | |
| Synonyms: | profundity profoundness astuteness | |
| Related terms: | wisdom | |
| Similar spelling: |
deft debt depot debut debit devout Devitt defeat |
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