Princeton's WordNet

1. depression(noun)

   a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

2. depression, slump, economic crisis(noun)

   a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

3. natural depression, depression(noun)

   a sunken or depressed geological formation

4. depression(noun)

   sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

5. Depression, Great Depression(noun)

   a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

6. low, depression(noun)

   an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

   "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

7. depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression(noun)

   a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

8. depression, impression, imprint(noun)

   a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

   "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

9. depression(noun)

   angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

10. depression(noun)

    pushing down

    "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. depression(noun)ɪˈprɛʃ ən

   a psychological condition in which you are sad and hopeless

   suffered from depression

2. depressionɪˈprɛʃ ən

   a time when the economy is very slow and there is high unemployment and poverty

   the great Depression of the 1930s

3. depressionɪˈprɛʃ ən

   an area of a surface that is lower than the rest

   a slight depression in the soil

Wiktionary

1. depression(Noun)

   an area that is lower in topography than its surroundings

2. depression(Noun)

   in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future

3. depression(Noun)

   in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide

4. depression(Noun)

   an area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes

5. depression(Noun)

   a period of major economic contraction;

6. depression(Noun)

   Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.

   The Great Depression was an event in US history.

7. depression(Noun)

   a lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation

Origin: From depressio.

Webster Dictionary

1. Depression(noun)

   the act of depressing

2. Depression(noun)

   the state of being depressed; a sinking

3. Depression(noun)

   a falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions

4. Depression(noun)

   humiliation; abasement, as of pride

5. Depression(noun)

   dejection; despondency; lowness

6. Depression(noun)

   diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness

7. Depression(noun)

   the angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon

8. Depression(noun)

   the operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations

9. Depression(noun)

   a method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Depression

   Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with major depression present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.

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