DEPRESSION


Meaning of DEPRESSION in English

/ dɪˈpreʃn; NAmE / noun

1.

[ U ] a medical condition in which a person feels very sad and anxious and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep, etc. :

clinical depression

She suffered from severe depression after losing her job.

—see also post-natal depression , post-partum depression

2.

[ U , C ] the state of feeling very sad and without hope :

There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced.

3.

[ C , U ] a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs :

The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.

the great Depression of the 1930s

4.

[ C ] ( formal ) a part of a surface that is lower than the parts around it

SYN hollow :

Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground.

5.

[ C ] ( technical ) a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain

—compare anticyclone

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Latin depressio(n-) , from deprimere press down.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.