depth
/dɛpθ/
the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep; the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet; the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc
- plural
- depths
Meanings
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the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
We measured the depth of the river.
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What is the depth of the lake?
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the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
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the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc
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lowness
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the total palette of available colorsrare
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the property of appearing three-dimensionalrare
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the deepest part — usually of a body of waterrare
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a very remote partrare
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the most severe partrare
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the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or contentrare