noun
1 unhappiness/mental illness
ADJECTIVE
▪ serious , severe
▪ black ( esp. BrE ), deep
▪
moments of deep ~
▪ acute , chronic
▪ mild , minor
▪ moderate
▪ clinical
▪ manic
▪ post-natal , post-partum ( AmE )
… OF DEPRESSION
▪ bout , fit , period
▪
The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of ~.
▪
In a fit of ~, she threw away all her books.
▪
A period of acute ~ can sometimes follow childbirth.
VERB + DEPRESSION
▪ develop , fall into , go into , succumb to
▪
She fell into a black ~ and refused to leave her room.
▪ experience , have , suffer , suffer from
▪
She was diagnosed as having clinical ~.
▪ be treated for
▪
His wife had left him and he was being treated for ~.
▪ come out of , get over , overcome
▪
She was gradually coming out of her ~.
▪ cause , lead to , trigger
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Bereavement can often lead to ~.
▪ alleviate , reduce , relieve , treat
▪
a new drug used to treat ~
▪ prevent
DEPRESSION + VERB
▪ deepen
▪ lift
▪
Her ~ has lifted now.
▪ affect sb
▪
Depression affects a surprising number of people.
▪ occur
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
He may have killed himself in ~.
▪ with ~
▪
He's been off work for months with ~.
PHRASES
▪ the depths of ~
▪
I was in the depths of ~ after receiving my exam results.
▪ feelings of ~
▪ the onset of ~
▪
The onset of ~ often follows a traumatic event.
▪ a state of ~
▪
He was in a state of acute ~.
▪ symptoms of ~
▪ treatment for ~
▪
She had been receiving medical treatment for ~.
2 period of reduced economic activity
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , major , serious , severe
▪ worldwide
▪ economic
▪
The country is experiencing a severe economic ~.
VERB + DEPRESSION
▪ be in the grip of , experience
▪ go into
▪
The market has gone into ~.
▪ face
DEPRESSION + VERB
▪ deepen
▪
The ~ seems to be deepening.
PREPOSITION
▪ during a/the ~ , in a/the ~
▪
Many people lost their jobs in the great ~ of the 1930s.
PHRASES
▪ the depths of a ~
▪ a period of ~
▪
periods of severe economic ~
3 hollow part in the surface of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ shallow , slight , small
▪ deep
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in , ~ on
▪
The photos show a shallow ~ on the planet's surface.