noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a depth gauge
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A depth gauge is essential for telling you how deep you are when diving.
be in the depths of recession (= be at its worst level )
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The country is in the depths of recession.
depth charge
depths of...soul
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It was as if those grey eyes could see into the very depths of her soul .
in the depths of winter (= in the middle of the winter )
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Even in the depths of winter, the harbour is never completely frozen.
the depth of an emotion (= how strong an emotion is )
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She was surprised by the depth of her emotions.
the depths of despair (= very strong feelings of despair )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Further along is Jingle Pot, another large crater of no great depth .
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At greater depths , researchers have found other bootstraps.
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It can be sold mild when young, or matured to a greater depth of flavour.
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It always amazes me that animals reach the surface alive from great depths .
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I don't claim any great originality or depth , but it is the best I can do at the moment.
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Throw it all together, along with a few indigenous ingredients, and you have an unparalleled culinary repertoire of great depth .
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Chablis Premier Cru, Côte de Lechet 1990, £9.95 - full, rich, white, great depth of flavour.
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It is the second point which we should reexamine now in greater depth .
maximum
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Once in the water the diving followed a tortuous corkscrewing route reaching a maximum depth of 34.5 metres.
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The dive log screen displays maximum depth , dive time and surface interval for the last ten dives.
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A bar graph shows present depth and maximum depth reached.
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Error 1402 Maximum package depth exceeded - repeat listing at a lower level package.
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It displays maximum depth and elapsed dive time.
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Luckily, the reactor was turned back on before the submarine imploded from the pressure of being beyond its maximum design depth .
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Some fixed lens cameras have a maximum and minimum focus, and might restrict the maximum depth you can dive to.
shallow
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In Britain, in particular, there can be few areas where water is not available at a shallow depth .
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Camera-shake and shallow depth of field can cause problems.
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Heating probably begins at quite shallow depths but because the downgoing plate is cold virtually all of this heat is initially absorbed.
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Nuclear waste is disposed of at much shallower depths .
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You must wait at that depth , within 0.5 metres, until a shallower depth or a new no-stop time is indicated.
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Only small quantities of oil are transported through the actual canal because the shallow water depth bars the passage of large tankers.
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But it was the remorse of youth - intense, yet so shallow its depth is plumbed at a glance.
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Programmable shallow depth alarm and adjustable keel depth.
■ NOUN
charge
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Alternatively mines or depth charges could be loaded.
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A short while later, patrol boats, equipped with depth charges , approached from the flanks.
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Anyway, Taureg survived thirty-eight depth charges so she deserves a bit of a cheer.
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This would leave nuclear-armed bombers, cruise missiles and depth charges .
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Even more elusive have been facts about retrieving nuclear depth charges from lost helicopters.
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The depth charge was set for 105.
ocean
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Life in the ocean depths poses many special problems, requiring special adaptations.
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Man is a wellspring; woman an ocean depth .
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Monsters, stirred from the lightless ocean depths by the sinking of the lands, sometimes come ashore here in search of prey.
■ VERB
add
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Ask your hairdresser about tinted lights, which add warmth and depth .
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In a saute pan, add water to a depth of l / 4 inch.
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Right: Add depth and elegance to plain painted walls with a Fablon peel and stick border.
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I added a few small hydrangea florets to perfect the shape and add some depth to the range of colours used.
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What really adds depth to this documentary, though, is its status as a poignant historical document.
discuss
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The half-day course on the Census introduces the problems but does not attempt to discuss them in depth .
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As we will discuss later in more depth , bonds are IOUs that pay a specific rate of inter-est.
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It is discussed in depth further on in this section and should be studied.
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Both these aspects will be discussed later in some depth .
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These two points of view seem important enough to discuss in much greater depth .
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I shall discuss circulation at greater depths in section 9.3.3.
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This question will therefore be discussed in some depth in Chapter 3.
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One aspect of this type of criminality, business or corporate crime, will be discussed in some depth in Chapter 3.
explore
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I've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth .
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A rental car is the best bet for exploring Meteora in depth .
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As we discuss shortly, this particular problem has also been explored in depth by feminist writing.
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Each core has a particular set of topics for consideration each year, and students find ways to explore these in depth .
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Two case studies were explored in depth .
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The underlying reasons for these differences are explored in depth in chapters 7 and 8.
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Claman sets out to explore in depth fundamental questions, but readers expecting such will be left unfulfilled and let down.
give
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Lines parallel to the horizon give breadth, that is to say a section of nature ... Lines perpendicular to this horizon give depth .
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A touch of Cognac gives it depth and a hint of sweetness.
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This purported to give viewers colour and depth from a drunken double image viewed through red and blue specs.
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What we tried to do was to give it some depth and dimension.
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The band have a live intensity that's missing on their recordings and gave added depth to Let Me Down.
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He wanders in and out of these afternoons, the bright hot skies that give tone and depth to narrow data.
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John Gregory's close-season signings have given his squad greater depth and the attack has more scoring potential.
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This gave greater depth to most of the patterns, but often made the dancers appear earthbound.
hide
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She believed George Harrison had hidden depths .
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There are no hidden depths or subtle shades here.
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There he might hope to hide in the depths , to escape our attentions.
increase
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Cool colors recede, increasing the sense of depth .
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The ability to collapse their lung air-sacs with increasing depth is probably the dolphin's major protection against the bends.
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When people exercise, it tends to increase the depth of their sleep.
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And the actual practice of benchmarking is increasing both in depth and extent.
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The melting point increases with depth in the Earth because of the increasing pressure.
plumb
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How could they soar so high one minute, then plumb the depths ?
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It was Amy who correctly assessed her brother, although not even she plumbed the depths of his duplicity.
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Perhaps he plumbed a depth beyond human sensitivity.
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We certainly need to continue our investigations; to advance ideas; to plumb the mysterious depths of the human psyche.
reveal
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Careful plumbing will reveal depth and type of bottom.
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Over the years his admirable private-eye hero, Spenser, has revealed intriguing depths of sensitivity and literary appreciation.
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He opened his recruitment consultancy in January 1991, just as the recession was revealing the depths to which it could sink.
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He talks about them non-stop, rapid-fire, revealing a depth of knowledge that contradicts the simplicity of the subject.
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November 3: A picture of the couple reveals the depth of the rift.
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And Cowher has revealed just enough intellectual depth to assure women that he is not a stupid brute.
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Overnight the world has opened up and revealed its depth and colour.
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The 20-bit master revealed audible improvements in depth , breadth and clarity.
show
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This proprietary blend shows tremendous depth and concentration, with generous blackberry fruit and hints of chocolate and blueberry.
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His letter is worth quoting as it shows the depth of feeling and suspicion in the Services at that time.
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This full-bodied, lush wine shows impressive complexity and depth for one so inexpensive.
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In novice mode, the screen shows current depth , no-stop time, dive time and cylinder contents.
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The dive planning screen is a look-ahead facility showing a selection of depths and no-stop times depending on your current decompression status.
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A bar graph shows present depth and maximum depth reached.
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These internal appointments show the depth of management in the Company.
sink
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But once she had tried it on, her spirits sank once more to unprecedented depths .
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Mr Mallory was smoking behind a newspaper, sunk in the depths of his arm-chair.
study
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Nevertheless the specific problems and prospects of the churches' own media need to be studied in greater depth .
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And the short story is studied in depth in school and college.
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In fact, you won't have to pay a penny until you've studied your policy in depth .
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In the third and fourth years, a wider range of authors is studied in greater depth .
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Therefore we need to study in greater depth the role played by television and other visual media in contemporary society.
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Certainly the boards we studied in more depth had made serious efforts to understand their duties and responsibilities.
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The Diploma gives a choice of studying in depth three out of ten subjects.
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Nine multi-divisional companies are studied in depth with interviews conducted at corporate, division and operating unit level.
understand
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What is vital is that you understand the depth of feelings involved here.
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Nor did they understand the depth of our cultural assumptions about gender roles.
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Mr. Tom King I have received many such representations and I well understand the depth of feeling on the part of those expressing their concern.
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But merely examining national poverty statistics is not sufficient to understand the depth of poverty in the United States.
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She did not pretend to understand such depth of feeling.
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Not disinterested; he is certainly smart enough to understand the depth and breadth of his blessings.
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It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of grief that the parents feel at the loss of their baby.
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Even at age three she understood the depth of the commitment certain people have for her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
plumb the depths (of despair/misery/bad taste etc)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Buckeye Lake reaches depths of eight to ten feet.
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Network news coverage often lacks depth .
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The depth of the pond varies with the rainfall.
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The drawers have a depth of 16 inches.
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The plants need sand with a depth of at least 10 to 15 cm to grow.
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The poll results indicate the depth of public concern about the economy.
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The ship's navigational equipment can measure the depth of the water.
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Their national team will have a little more depth this year.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But this is a play which combines surface brilliance with a surprising depth of feeling.
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In summer the gardens would have looked colourful and pretty but somehow in the depths of the Provençal winter they appeared melancholy.
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The intermediary requires a greater depth in instruction.
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The One, without name or form, is the infinite depth , the unlimited ocean of being.
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The result has been to produce a society of great institutional depth .
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There, the themes of depth , impenetrable darkness, water, abandonment, corruption and death are all present at once.
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Therefore I felt I could just mention them but not go into depth .
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They allow us to externalize what we hold in our own subconscious depths.