deepen

Preposition: of

• democracy: From the perspective of structural reforms, the deepening of democracy is naturally the most important of the basic pursuits.
• crisis: On the contrary, we have witnessed the deepening of the environmental crisis, and the exacerbation of North-South tensions.
• voice: In women it can cause the growth of body hair and deepening of the voice.
• sea: It was not until the Late Cretaceous that a major rise in sea-level across Europe led to a significant deepening of the Cretaceous sea.
• understanding: The emphasis within Lincoln remains one of a deepening of understanding of physical principles in the electrical and mechanical sciences.
• relationship: The solemn commitments to act together would help to ensure a real deepening of relationship.

Object

• gloom: OUT of the deepening gloom, a dazzling light appeared.
• crisis: However, the current deepening crisis facing the dairy industry sheds new light on the merits of an increase in quota.
• rift: These conflicts strain DR. Congo's ties with its neighbors, and deepen rifts within the transitional government.
• understanding: Research Workshops To deepen understanding of some of the issues raised by advanced research.
• recession: In Britain the job losses threatened in British shipbuilding yards are an even more tangible proof of a deepening recession.
• cooperation: The dialog is moving from problem-solving to a more forward looking agenda and deepened cooperation.

Used with why or when

• when: My confusion deepened when I got closer and spotted a third occupant crammed sideways in the back.

Present participle complement

• exist: Even a decisive and ' successful ' war would create swathes of new victims and tend to deepen existing patterns of hostility.

Modifying Another Word

• gradually: It is normally shallow on the path side, gradually deepening across the river to the far side.
• considerably: The river deepens considerably, down to 30 feet in places.
• rapidly: The most southerly part of England was occupied by a shelf sea which deepened rapidly to the south.
• ever: This law will become a fundamental part of that ever deepening conspiracy against history.
• greatly: November 1998 A terrible frivolity Hugo Young In a few weeks the D-Mark will be dead and the European Union will have greatly deepened.
• thus: Polanski's vision is thus deepened by his confrontation with the traditional horror formula.