Meaning

5 senses
  1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.

    tiefgehend

    глубо́кийglubókij

    situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

  2. Very deep; very serious.

    (of sleep) deep and complete

  3. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.

    a profound investigation

    a profound scholar

    tiefgehend

    глубо́кийglubókij, основательныйosnovatelʹnyj, му́дрыйmúdryj

    глибо́кийhlybókyj, ґрунто́внийgruntóvnyj

  4. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.

    глубо́кийglubókij

  5. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.

    ни́зкийnízkij

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Tom couldn't shake the feeling that something profound was about to happen.

    deTom wurde das Gefühl nicht los, dass etwas Tiefgreifendes kurz bevorstand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. We're facing a profound change.

  3. I had a profound experience.

    deIch hatte eine tiefgründige Erfahrung. — MisterTrouser

  4. Profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discoveries.

    Глибоке вивчення природи — найплідніше джерело математичних відкриттів. — deniko

  5. She fell into a profound sleep.

    ruОна погрузилась в глубокий сон. — megaton

    deSie ist in einen tiefen Schlaf gefallen. — alik_farber

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
intellectually deep:
Русский
By meaning 3
descending below the surface:
intellectually deep:
bending low:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
descending below the surface:

Origin

From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profo

From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).

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Forms

more profound/profounder, most profound/profoundest

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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