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Definitions and Meaning of depression in English

Wordnet

depression (n)

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

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

a sunken or depressed geological formation

sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

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

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

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

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

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

pushing down

Webster

depression (n.)

The act of depressing.

The state of being depressed; a sinking.

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

Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

Dejection; despondency; lowness.

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

The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

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

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