Definitions for great depression
great depres·sion

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1. Great Depressionnoun

   the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

2. Depression, Great Depressionnoun

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

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1. Great Depressionnoun

   A major economic collapse that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.

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1. Great Depression

   The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late-1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how intensely the world's economy can decline.The Great Depression started in the United States after a major fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday). Between 1929 and 1932, worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an estimated 15%. By comparison, worldwide GDP fell by less than 1% from 2008 to 2009 during the Great Recession. Some economies started to recover by the mid-1930s. However, in many countries the negative effects of the Great Depression lasted until the beginning of World War II.The Great Depression had devastating effects in countries both rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%. Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25% and in some countries rose as high as 33%.Cities around the world were hit hard, especially those dependent on heavy industry. Construction was virtually halted in many countries. Farming communities and rural areas suffered as crop prices fell by about 60%. Facing plummeting demand with few alternative sources of jobs, areas dependent on primary sector industries such as mining and logging suffered the most.

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1. great depression

   The Great Depression was a severe, worldwide economic crisis that occurred during the 1930s. It originated in the United States in 1929, after a major fall in stock prices, leading to the stock market crash known as "Black Tuesday." This event caused a profound impact on virtually all countries and led to widespread unemployment, impoverishment, loss of businesses, and significant drops in GDP. The depression lasted for about a decade and only ended with the onset of World War II. It is considered the most severe economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world.

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1. Great Depression

   The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. It was the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century. In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how far the world's economy can decline. The depression originated in the U.S., after the fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929. The Great Depression had devastating effects in countries rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%. Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25%, and in some countries rose as high as 33%. Cities all around the world were hit hard, especially those dependent on heavy industry. Construction was virtually halted in many countries. Farming and rural areas suffered as crop prices fell by approximately 60%. Facing plummeting demand with few alternate sources of jobs, areas dependent on primary sector industries such as cash cropping, mining and logging suffered the most.

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1. Great Depressionnoun

   According tNouriel Roubini, economist, known as "Dr. Doom" for his accurate predictions of financial/economic crises, it's what happened 90 years ago, and will begin about 2025, only worse. Check it out...

   cc: the one you already have--it'll suffice..

   Etymology: great=i guess, Latin, like "gravitas"??///depression=Latin, as a place, etc., that is below a higher place...from affix de + press=apply force against + ion=I don't know...

   
   

   Submitted by sambergkenneth on January 7, 2022  

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of great depression in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of great depression in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of great depression in a Sentence

1. General McChrystal:

   After World War II, we had just come out of the Great Depression, times were tough. But 16 million Americans served in the war, and a tremendous number of those people went somewhere else and had completely different experiences than what they were used to.

2. Barack Hussein Obama:

   It is something we were aware of in 2008 and we wanted to do more about, but the first thing was putting out a big fire to make sure we didn't have a great depression.

3. Author Chuck Palahniuk:

   We don’t have a great war in our generation, or a Great Depression but we do, we have a Great War of the spirit. We have a great revolution against the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression.

4. Stephen Mihm:

   When we think about the changes that the pandemic has brought in our lives in the past year, there's a tendency to view this as exceptional or unprecedented, where, in fact, there have been previous times where Americans have found themselves with an unexpected amount of time on their hands, the best analogy, really, is the Great Depression.

5. Mayor Ed Murray:

   We are involved in a homeless crisis, the like we have not seen since the Great Depression, no city in America can deal with this (by itself).

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=great depression
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Great_Depression
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
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5. ^ Wikidata
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