Noun
- 1. depth, deepness, extent
- usage: the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
- 2. depth, degree, grade, level
- usage: degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
- 3. depth, region, part
- usage: (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"
- 4. depth, abasement, degradation, abjection
- usage: (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction"
- 5. astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness, wisdom, sapience
- usage: the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
- 6. depth, attribute
- usage: the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense; "the depth of his breathing"; "the depth of his sighs," "the depth of his emotion"
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