depression

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A mental illness that makes someone feel very sad and hopeless for a long time.

   I used to suffer from depression, but now I feel much better.

2. 2
   noun

   A long period when business activity is very weak and many people lose their jobs.

   Millions were unemployed during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

3. 3
   noun

   An area that is lower than the land around it.

   Rainwater collected in a small depression in the field.

From Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. Equivalent to depress + -ion.

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