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depth
[ depth ]
noun
- a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
- the quality of being deep; deepness.
- complexity or obscurity, as of a subject:
a question of great depth.
I don't think you recognize the depth of the problem.
Synonyms: , , ,
- emotional profundity:
the depth of someone's feelings.
- intensity, as of silence, color, etc.
- lowness of tonal pitch:
the depth of a voice.
- the amount of knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, insight, feeling, etc., present in a person's mind or evident either in some product of the mind, as a learned paper, argument, work of art, etc., or in the person's behavior.
- a high degree of such knowledge, insight, etc.
- Often depths. a deep part or place:
from the depths of the ocean.
- an unfathomable space; abyss:
the depth of time.
- Sometimes depths. the farthest, innermost, or extreme part or state:
the depth of space;
the depths of the forest;
the depths of despair.
- Usually depths. a low intellectual or moral condition:
How could he sink to such depths?
- the part of greatest intensity, as of night or winter.
- Sports. the strength of a team in terms of the number and quality of its substitute players:
With no depth in the infield, an injury to any of the regulars would be costly.
depth
/ ɛθ /
noun
- the extent, measurement, or distance downwards, backwards, or inwards
- the quality of being deep; deepness
- intensity or profundity of emotion or feeling
- profundity of moral character; penetration; sagacity; integrity
- complexity or abstruseness, as of thought or objects of thought
- intensity, as of silence, colour, etc
- lowness of pitch
- nautical the distance from the top of a ship's keel to the top of a particular deck
- often plural a deep, far, inner, or remote part, such as an inaccessible region of a country
- often plural the deepest, most intense, or most severe part
the depths of winter
- usually plural a low moral state; demoralization
how could you sink to such depths?
- often plural a vast space or abyss
- beyond one's depth or out of one's depth
- in water deeper than one is tall
- beyond the range of one's competence or understanding
- in depththoroughly or comprehensively See also in-depth
Other Word Forms
- ٳl adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of depth1
Idioms and Phrases
- in depth, extensively or thoroughly:
Make a survey in depth of the conditions.
- out of / beyond one's depth,
- in water deeper than one's height or too deep for one's safety.
- beyond one's knowledge or capability:
The child is being taught subjects that are beyond his depth.
More idioms and phrases containing depth
see in depth ; out of one's depth .Example Sentences
But access alone cannot translate the depth of a spirit that wants to exist on her own terms.
In the last few years, this oft-parched waterway gained depth because of unprecedented rainfall.
"Even now I'm still processing the depth of the manipulation," Miss Baxter said, adding she had "no idea" about D'Wit's scheming.
"But what we found was that by using a much longer radar wavelength, we could see down into the depths of trees and forests," he said.
“The Sopranos” became an immediate cultural phenomenon when it premiered in January 1999, a Mafia drama with unusual depths of character development and narrative vigor.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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