depression

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depression
dɪˈprɛʃ(ə)n Listen
Meanings
noun
  • feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
    E.g. self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression
  • a long and severe recession in an economy or market.
    E.g. the depression in the housing market
  • the action of lowering something or pressing something down.
    E.g. depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin
  • a region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system.
    E.g. hurricanes start off as loose regions of bad weather known as tropical depressions
  • the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane.

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