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de·pres·sion
(dĭ-prĕsh′ən)n.
1.
a. The act of depressing.
b. The condition of being depressed.
2. An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow.
3. The condition of feeling sad or despondent.
4. A mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness or inability to experience pleasure combined with other symptoms including poor concentration, indecisiveness, sleep problems, changes in appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness. Also called clinical depression, major depressive disorder.
5. A lowering or reduction, as:
a. A reduction in physiological vigor or activity: a depression in respiration.
b. A lowering in amount, degree, or position: depression of stock prices.
6.
a. A period of drastic economic decline, characterized by decreasing aggregate output, falling prices, and rising unemployment.
b. A period of widespread poverty and high unemployment.
c. Depression See Great Depression.
7. Meteorology A region of low barometric pressure.
8. The angular distance below the horizontal plane through the point of observation.
9. Astronomy The angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon.
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depression
(dɪˈprɛʃən)n
1. the act of depressing or state of being depressed
2. a depressed or sunken place or area
3. (Psychiatry) a mental disorder characterized by extreme gloom, feelings of inadequacy, and inability to concentrate
4. (Pathology) pathol an abnormal lowering of the rate of any physiological activity or function, such as respiration
5. (Economics) an economic condition characterized by substantial and protracted unemployment, low output and investment, etc; slump
6. (Physical Geography) meteorol Also called: cyclone or low a large body of rotating and rising air below normal atmospheric pressure, which often brings rain
7. (Surveying) (esp in surveying and astronomy) the angular distance of an object, celestial body, etc, below the horizontal plane through the point of observation. Compare elevation11
8. (Astronomy) (esp in surveying and astronomy) the angular distance of an object, celestial body, etc, below the horizontal plane through the point of observation. Compare elevation11
Depression
(dɪˈprɛʃən)n
(Historical Terms) the Depression the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment. Also known as: the Great Depression or the Slump
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de•pres•sion
(dɪˈprɛʃ ən)n.
1. the act of depressing.
2. the state of being depressed.
3. a depressed or sunken place or part; an area lower than the surrounding surface.
4. sadness; gloom; dejection.
5. Psychiatry. a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason.
6. a low state of functional activity.
7. dullness or inactivity, as of trade.
8. a period during which business, employment, and stock-market values decline severely.
9. the Depression, the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock market crash in October 1929 and continuing through most of the 1930s.
10. the angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon.
11. the angle between the line from an observer or surveying instrument to an object below either of them and a horizontal line.
12. an area surrounded by higher land, ordinarily having interior drainage and not conforming to the valley of a single stream.
13. an area of low atmospheric pressure.
[1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin, Late Latin]
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depression
1. A severe downturn in the trade cycle characterized by high levels of unemployment, low output and investment.
2. An area of low pressure where the winds are spiraling inward. Also known as a low.
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| Noun | 1. |  depression - a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activitymental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state" melancholia - extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours, blues - a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" melancholy - a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed slough of despond - (formal) extreme depression low spirits - a state of mild depression dejection - a state of melancholy depression elation - an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression |
| 2. | depression - a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis" economic condition - the condition of the economy | |
| 3. | depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" bed, bottom - a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" crater - a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth lowland - low level country sinkhole, swallow hole, sink - a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof trough - a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) | |
| 4. | depression - sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being demoralisation, demoralization - depression resulting from an undermining of your morale helplessness - a feeling of being unable to manage despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, heartsickness - feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless oppressiveness, oppression - a feeling of being oppressed dysphoria - abnormal depression and discontent | |
| 5. | Depression - a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment | |
| 6. |  depression - an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"air mass - a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally cyclone - (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern | |
| 7. | depression - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant agitated depression - a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness anaclitic depression - severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute dysthymia, dysthymic depression - mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia" endogenous depression - a state of depression for which there is no apparent precipitating cause exogenous depression, reactive depression - an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief) major depressive episode - (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction neurotic depression - a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic psychotic depression - a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments retarded depression - a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action | |
| 8. | depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" dip - a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" | |
| 9. | depression - angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) angular position - relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established | |
| 10. | depression - pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" push, pushing - the act of applying force in order to move something away; "he gave the door a hard push"; "the pushing is good exercise" mouse click, click - depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example" |
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depression
noun
1. despair, misery, sadness, dumps (informal), the blues, melancholy, unhappiness, hopelessness, despondency, the hump (Brit. informal), bleakness, melancholia, dejection, wretchedness, low spirits, gloominess, dolefulness, cheerlessness, downheartedness I slid into a depression and became morbidly fascinated with death.
2. recession, slump, economic decline, stagnation, inactivity, hard or bad times He never forgot the hardships he witnessed during the depression.
3. hollow, pit, dip, bowl, valley, sink, impression, dent, sag, cavity, excavation, indentation, dimple, concavity an area pockmarked by rainfilled depressions
Quotations
"It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours" [Harry S. Truman]
"It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours" [Harry S. Truman]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
depression
noun2. A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits:
blues, dejection, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness.
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Translations
depressiegemoedsbekakkinglaagdruk
إنْخِفاض جَوّي، هُبوطحُزْنرُكود إقْتِصادي، كَسادكآبَه، غَم، إنْقِباضكساد
depresedůlekjamkakrizeproláklina
depressionfordybninghulningkriselavtryk
masennusmatalapainepainaumadepressiolama
depresija
alacsony légnyomásdepresszióüzleti pangás
dældgeîlægî, sjúklegt òunglyndilægîsamdráttur, kreppaþunglyndi
憂鬱
우울
depresija
depresiatlaková níž
depresija
depressionlågtryck
ความหดหู่
sự chán nản
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
depression
[dɪˈprɛʃən] n (ECONOMICS) (= slump) → dépression f
(METEOROLOGY) (= area of low pressure) → dépression f atmosphérique
(= hollow) → creux m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
depression
n
→ Depression f; (Med) → Depressionen pl
(of lever) → Herunter- or Niederdrücken nt; (of key, push button) → Drücken nt, → Betätigen nt, → Betätigung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
depression
[dɪˈprɛʃ/ən] n (gen) (Med, Econ, Met) → depressione fthe economy is in a state of depression → è in atto una crisi economica
the Depression → la Grande depressione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
depress
(diˈpres) verb1. to make sad or gloomy. I am always depressed by wet weather.
2. to make less active. This drug depresses the action of the heart.
deˈpressed adjective1. sad or unhappy. The news made me very depressed.
2. made less active. the depressed state of the stock market.
deˈpressing adjective tending to make one sad or gloomy. What a depressing piece of news!
deˈpression (-ʃən) noun1. a state of sadness and low spirits. She was treated by the doctor for depression.
2. lack of activity in trade. the depression of the 1930s.
3. an area of low pressure in the atmosphere. The bad weather is caused by a depression.
4. a hollow.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
depression
→ حُزْن deprese depression Depression κατάθλιψη depresión masennus dépression depresija depressione 憂鬱 우울 depressie depresjon depresja depressão депрессия depression ความหดหู่ depresyon sự chán nản 抑郁Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
de·pres·sion
n. depresión.
1. sensación de tristeza o melancolía acompañada de apatía y estados de abatimiento;
2. cavidad.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
depression
n depresión f tristeza profunda; postpartum — depresión posparto or postpartoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.