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depression
[ dih-presh-uhn ]
noun
- the act of depressing.
- the state of being depressed.
- a depressed or sunken place or part; an area lower than the surrounding surface.
Synonyms: ,
- Psychiatry. a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason. Compare clinical depression.
- dullness or inactivity, as of trade.
- Economics. a period during which business, employment, and stock-market values decline severely or remain at a very low level of activity.
- the Depression. Great Depression.
- Pathology. a low state of vital powers or functional activity.
- Astronomy. the angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon; negative altitude.
- Surveying. angle of depression ( def ).
- Physical Geography. an area completely or mostly surrounded by higher land, ordinarily having interior drainage and not conforming to the valley of a single stream.
- Meteorology. an area of low atmospheric pressure.
Depression
1/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
- the Depressionthe worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment Also known asthe Great Depressionthe Slump
depression
2/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
- the act of depressing or state of being depressed
- a depressed or sunken place or area
- a mental disorder characterized by extreme gloom, feelings of inadequacy, and inability to concentrate
- pathol an abnormal lowering of the rate of any physiological activity or function, such as respiration
- an economic condition characterized by substantial and protracted unemployment, low output and investment, etc; slump
- Also calledcyclonelow meteorol a large body of rotating and rising air below normal atmospheric pressure, which often brings rain
- (esp in surveying and astronomy) the angular distance of an object, celestial body, etc, below the horizontal plane through the point of observation Compare elevation
depression
/ ĭ-ĕ′ə /
- A geographic area, such as a sinkhole or basin, that is lower than its surroundings.
- A mood disorder characterized by an inability to experience pleasure, difficulty in concentrating, disturbance of sleep and appetite, and feelings of sadness, guilt, and helplessness.
- A reduction in the activity of a physiological process, such as respiration.
- A region of low atmospheric pressure. Low pressure systems result in precipitation, ranging from mild to severe in intensity.
- See also cyclone
depression
- A period of drastic decline in the national economy, characterized by decreasing business activity, falling prices, and unemployment. The best known of such periods is the Great Depression , which occurred in the 1930s.
Other 51Թ Forms
- t··sDz adjective noun
- i··ȴDz noun
- ԴDzd·sDz noun
- Dzd·sDz adjective
- d·sDz noun adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of depression1
Example Sentences
Smoking a string of cigarettes or blankly watching whatever’s on television, her face a canvas of exhaustion and depression, Janice is struggling to pick up the pieces.
That was the famous Wall Street Crash that ushered in the great depression of the 1930s.
On Friday Sharkey was handed a two year prison term, suspended for two years, after a judge concluded her post-natal depression had impaired her judgement so severely the case "called for compassion" rather than punishment.
It became widespread in the 1930s, as countries sought to shield their economies from a global depression.
A mother who killed her newborn baby boy in 1998 while in the grip of severe post-natal depression has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence after a judge decided the case "called for compassion".
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