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depth (dept̸h)

noun

    1. the distance from the top downward, from the surface inward, or from front to back
    2. perspective, as in a painting
  2. the quality or condition of being deep; deepness; specif.,
    1. intensity, as of colors, silence, or emotion
    2. profundity of thought
    3. lowness of pitch
  3. the middle part the depth of winter
  4. the far inner or inmost part the depths of a wood
  5. the deep or deepest part, as of the sea
    1. the most extreme degree, as of despair
    2. a low state or condition shocked that their principles had fallen to such depths
  7. reserve strength, as of suitable substitute players for a team

Etymology: ME depthe < dep: see deep & -th

depth Idioms

in depth

in a thorough and comprehensive way analysis in depth

out of one's depth

or out beyond one's depth
  1. in water too deep for one
  2. past one's ability or understanding

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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