English to English
depression
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noun (n)
- a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- a sunken or depressed geological formation(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy(noun.feeling)source: wordnet30
- a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment(noun.time)source: wordnet30
- a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing(noun.shape)source: wordnet30
- angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)(noun.linkdef)source: wordnet30
- pushing down(noun.act)Example:
Depression of the space bar on the typewriter.
source: wordnet30 - The act of depressing.(noun)source: webster1913