Meaning

15 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

    Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.

    Tiefe

    глубина́glubiná

    глибина́hlybyná

  2. (countable, uncountable)The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.

    The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.

    The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Lowness

    the depth of a sound

  5. (countable, uncountable)The total palette of available colors

  6. (countable, uncountable)The property of appearing three-dimensional

    The depth of field in this picture is amazing.

  7. (countable, literary, usually plural, uncountable)The deepest part (usually of a body of water)

    The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.

  8. (countable, literary, usually plural, uncountable)A very remote part.

    Into the depths of the jungle...

    In the depths of the night,

  9. (countable, uncountable)The most severe part

    in the depth of the crisis

    in the depths of winter

  10. (countable, uncountable)The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content

  11. (countable, uncountable)A pair of toothed wheels which work together

  12. (countable, uncountable)The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface

More definitions
  • degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
  • the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
  • the extent downward or backward or inward
  • (usually plural) a low moral state

Examples

148 sentences
  1. We've studied this in some depth.

  2. Tom is out of his depth.

  3. We measured the depth of the river.

    ruМы измерили глубину реки. — corvard

    deWir haben die Tiefe des Flusses gemessen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. We had an in-depth discussion about the problem.

  5. That shows the depth of his love for his family.

    ruЭто показывает его любовь к своей семье. — kobylkin

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
vertical distance below a surface:
Русский
By meaning 1
vertical distance below a surface:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
vertical distance below a surface:

Origin

From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþ

From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

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