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1. (adj.) profound
showing deep insight or understanding:
a profound thinker.
2. profound
originating in the depths of one's being:
profound grief.
3. profound
going beyond what is superficial or obvious:
profound insight.
4. profound
of deep significance:
a profound book.
5. profound
complete and pervasive:
a profound silence.
6. profound
extending or situated far beneath the surface:
the profound depths of the ocean.
7. profound
low:
a profound bow.
8. (n.) profound
something that is profound.
9. profound
the deep sea; ocean.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF < L profundus deep, vast =pro-pro -1+fundus bottom)
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| Definition of 'Profound' |
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1. (adj) profound
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
"the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
2. (adj) profound
of the greatest intensity; complete
"a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"
3. (adj) fundamental, profound
far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
"the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"
4. (adj) profound
coming from deep within one
"a profound sigh"
5. (adj) heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
(of sleep) deep and complete
"a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
6. (adj) profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
"the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"
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1. (adjective) profound
involving important or very meaningful thoughts or ideas
a very profound observation/thought/comment
2. profound
extreme or severe
profound memory loss; profound changes in communications systems
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| Definition of 'Profound' |
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1. (adj) Profound
descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep
2. (adj) Profound
intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom
3. (adj) Profound
characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep
4. (adj) Profound
bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow
5. (noun) Profound
the deep; the sea; the ocean
6. (noun) Profound
an abyss
7. (verb) Profound
to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down
8. (verb) Profound
to dive deeply; to penetrate
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Sense: deep
profound sleep.
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 Afrikaans: diep |
 Arabic: عَميق |
 Bulgarian: дълбок |
 Brazilian: profundo |
 Czech: hluboký |
 German: tief |
 Danish: dyb |
 Greek: βαθύς |
 Spanish: profundo |
 Estonian: sügav |
 Farsi: عمیق |
 Finnish: syvä |
 French: profond |
 Hebrew: עָמוֹק |
 Hindi: गहरा |
 Hungarian: mély |
 Indonesian: nyenyak |
 Icelandic: djúpur |
 Italian: profondo |
 Japanese: 深い |
 Korean: 깊은 |
 Lithuanian: gilus |
 Latvian: dziļš |
 Malay: nyenyak |
 Dutch: diep |
 Norwegian: dyp |
 Polish: głęboki |
 Persian: عمیق |
 Pashto: زور |
 Portuguese: profundo |
 Romanian: profund |
 Russian: глубокий |
 Slovak: hlboký |
 Slovenian: globok |
 Serbian: dubok |
 Swedish: djup |
 Thai: ลึก |
 Turkish: derin |
 Taiwanese: 深遠的 |
 Ukrainian: глибокий |
 Urdu: گہرا |
 Vietnamese: sâu |
 Chinese: 深远的 |
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