Depth Definition
dĕpth
depths
noun
depths
The distance from the top downward, from the surface inward, or from front to back.
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The quality or condition of being deep; deepness.
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Perspective, as in a painting.
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The far inner or inmost part.
The depths of a wood.
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The deep or deepest part, as of the sea.
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Synonyms:
- profundity
- profoundness
- deepness
- violence
- vehemency
- vehemence
- fury
- fierceness
- pitch
- intensity
- ferocity
- Often used in plural: ferociousness
- severity
- gulf
- deep
Antonyms:
idiom
in depth
- in a thorough and comprehensive way
analysis in depth
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out of one's depth
- in water too deep for one
- past one's ability or understanding
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Depth
Origin of Depth
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From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th. Cognate with Scots deepth (“depth”), West Frisian djipte (“depth”), Dutch diepte (“depth”), Middle Low German dēpede (“depth”), Danish dybde (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt (“depth”), Gothic (diupiþa, “depth”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English depthe from dep deep deep
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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