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UK [dɪˈpreʃ(ə)n] / US noun
Word forms "depression":
singular depression plural depressions
1)
a) [uncountable] a feeling of being extremely unhappy

Some children show signs of anxiety and depression at exam time.

b) a medical condition in which a person is so unhappy that they cannot live a normal life
suffer from depression:

She suffered a lot from depression after the death of her husband.

2)
a) [countable/uncountable] economics a period of time when there is a lot of unemployment and poverty because there is very little economic activity

periods of economic depression

The country is sliding into a depression.

b) the Depression in the UK, US, and some other countries, a period during the late 1920s and early 1930s when there were very few jobs and a lot of poverty because the economy was so bad
3) [countable] science a large mass of air at low pressure that usually brings colder weather and rain
4) [countable] science an area on a surface that is lower than the parts around it

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