depth
/dɛpθ/ noun B1- 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.
- the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
- 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.
- lowness · the depth of a sound
- the total palette of available colors
- the property of appearing three-dimensional · The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
- the deepest part (usually of a body of water) · The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
- a very remote part. · Into the depths of the jungle...· In the depths of the night,
Plural depths
From the library
“Yes, yes,” replied Dantès eagerly; “I would beg of you, who see so completely to the depths of things, and to whom the greatest mystery seems but an easy riddle, to explain to me how it was that I underwent no second examination, was never brought to trial, and, above all, was condemned without ever having had sentence passed on me?”
It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask.
How can we get out again from so great a depth?”
To add to their discomfort, they soon heard strange noises in the depths of the forest, and the Lion whispered to them that it was in this part of the country that the Kalidahs lived.
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