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depression


Definition: Meaning of, depression in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dɪˈprɛʃ(ə)n /

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depression depressions
  1. [uncountable and countable] a medical condition that makes you very unhappy and anxious and often prevents you from living a normal life
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  2. [uncountable and countable] a feeling of sadness that makes you think there is no hope for the future
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  3. the (Great) Depression the period during the 1930s when there was not much business activity and not many jobs
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  4. [uncountable and countable] a long period during which there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs [↪  recession]
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  5. [countable] a part of a surface that is lower than the other parts
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  6. [countable] technical a mass of air under low pressure, that usually causes rain
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Depression


Definition: Meaning of, Depression in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dɪˈprɛʃən /

  • noun
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  • antonym
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Depression depressions
  1. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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Depression used in phrases

  • Depression, the
  • Great Depression (noun)
    1. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
    2. the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
  • Great Depression, the
    1. the severe economic problems that followed the WALL STREET CRASH of 1929. In the early 1930s, many banks and businesses failed, and millions of people lost their jobs in the US and in the UK and the rest of Europe.
  • agitated depression (noun)
    1. a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness
  • anaclitic depression (noun)
    1. severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute
  • clinical depression (noun)
    1. a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
  • dysthymic depression (noun)
    1. mild chronic depression
  • endogenous depression (noun)
    1. a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause
  • exogenous depression (noun)
    1. to be distinguished from normal grief an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life
  • involutional depression (noun)
    1. a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric
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especially in a literary work a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances
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