depression

B1 Topic:Economics & Markets

US /dəˈpɹɛʃn̩/ UK /dɪˈpɹɛʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #5369

Meanings

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

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

noun
An area that is lower than the land around it.

Rainwater collected in a small depression in the field.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a mental illness that makes... dejection despondency

3 noun · an area that is lower than... natural depression

Word family

Forms depressions

Derived forms anti-depressionantidepressionanxio-depressionanxiodepressioncardiodepressioncryptodepressiondepressionaldepressionarydepressionismdepressionistdepressionlessdepressionlike

Related forms depressdepressantdepressed depressing depressivedownturn

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Phrases (1)

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clinical depression
a serious depressive illness involving persistent low mood or loss of interest

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

depression Middle English dēpressiō Latin

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# depression

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dəˈpɹɛʃn̩/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈpɹɛʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 5369

## Meanings
1. A mental illness that makes someone feel very sad and hopeless for a long time.
2. A long period when business activity is very weak and many people lose their jobs.
3. An area that is lower than the land around it.

## Examples
- I used to suffer from depression, but now I feel much better.
- Millions were unemployed during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
- Rainwater collected in a small depression in the field.

## Derived Forms
- anti-depression
- antidepression
- anxio-depression
- anxiodepression
- cardiodepression
- cryptodepression
- depressional
- depressionary
- depressionism
- depressionist
- depressionless
- depressionlike

## Related Forms
- depress
- depressant
- depressed
- depressing
- depressive
- downturn

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: depression
- Root: dēpressiō

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

## AI Etymology
depression comes from Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. Equivalent to depress + -ion. The historical chain includes Middle English depression, Old French depression, Latin dēpressiō. Current senses include A mental illness that makes someone feel very sad and hopeless for a long time and A long period when business activity is very weak and many people lose their jobs. English relatives and later formations include anti-depression, antidepression, anxio-depression, depress, depressant.

## Topics
- Economics & Markets
- Health & Medicine

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