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1.
(noun)
depression
a mental
state
characterized by a pessimistic
sense
of
inadequacy
and a despondent
lack
of
activity
2.
(noun)
depression
,
slump
,
economic crisis
a long-term economic
state
characterized by
unemployment
and low prices and low levels of
trade
and
investment
3.
(noun)
natural depression
,
depression
a sunken or depressed geological
formation
4.
(noun)
depression
sad
feelings
of
gloom
and
inadequacy
5.
(noun)
Depression
,
Great Depression
a
period
during the
1930s
when
there
was a worldwide economic
depression
and
mass
unemployment
6.
(noun)
low
,
depression
an air
mass
of
lower
pressure; often brings
precipitation
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
7.
(noun)
depressive disorder
,
clinical depression
,
depression
a
state
of
depression
and
anhedonia
so severe as to require clinical
intervention
8.
(noun)
depression
,
impression
,
imprint
a
concavity
in a
surface
produced by
pressing
"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
9.
(noun)
depression
angular
distance
below the
horizon
(especially of a celestial object)
10.
(noun)
depression
pushing
down
"depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
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