profound
The deep; the sea; the oceanThe deep; the sea; the ocean.
» Tom couldn't shake the feeling that something profound was about to happen.
Tom wurde das Gefühl nicht los, dass etwas Tiefgreifendes kurz bevorstand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(obsolete, uncountable)The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(obsolete, uncountable)An abyss.
Examples
78 sentencesTom couldn't shake the feeling that something profound was about to happen.
deTom wurde das Gefühl nicht los, dass etwas Tiefgreifendes kurz bevorstand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We're facing a profound change.
I had a profound experience.
deIch hatte eine tiefgründige Erfahrung. — MisterTrouser
Profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discoveries.
Глибоке вивчення природи — найплідніше джерело математичних відкриттів. — deniko
She fell into a profound sleep.
ruОна погрузилась в глубокий сон. — megaton
deSie ist in einen tiefen Schlaf gefallen. — alik_farber
Origin
From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profoFrom 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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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.