Meaning

4 senses
  1. Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.

    The ogre lived in a cave deep underground.

    We ventured deep into the forest.

    to a great depth; far down or in

  2. In a profound, not superficial, manner.

    I thought long and deep.

    deep-laid

  3. In large volume.

    breathe deep, drink deep

    tief

    глубоко́glubokó

    гли́бокоhlýboko

  4. Back towards one's own goal, baseline, or similar.

    He's normally a midfield player, but today he's playing deep.

Examples

1474 sentences
  1. Take a deep breath and then relax.

    Глибоко зітхніть і розслабтеся. — aandrusiak

    ruГлубоко вздохните и расслабьтесь. — sismic

  2. He stood up and took a deep breath.

    Він піднявся та глибоко зітхнув. — shanghainese

    ruОн встал и глубоко вздохнул. — fjay69

    deEr stand auf und atmete tief ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I don't think Tom knows how deep the pool is.

    Я не думаю, що Том знає, наскільки глибокий цей басейн. — deniko

  4. Tom fell into a deep sleep.

    Том заснув міцним сном. — deniko

    ruТом погрузился в глубокий сон. — marafon

    deTom schlief tief und fest ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. This lake is deep.

    Це озеро глибоке. — deniko

    ruЭто глубокое озеро. — Balamax

    deDieser See ist tief. — quernd

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, myster

From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).

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Forms

deeper/more deep, deepest/most deep
Comparativedeeper / more deep Lesson
Superlativedeepest / most deep

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • to an advanced time:late
  • to a great depth; far down or in:deeply

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbat deep

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a deep breath
  • deep breath
  • took a deep
  • deep breath and
  • how deep is
  • lake is deepest
  • is very deep
  • know how deep
  • how deep the
  • meters deep
  • a deep sleep
  • in deep trouble

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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