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depth noun 1 deepness; the distance from the top downwards, from the front to the back or from the surface inwards. 2 said of feelings or colours: intensity or strength. 3 extensiveness • the depth of one's knowledge. 4 (usually the depths) somewhere far from the surface or edge of somewhere • the depths of the ocean • the depths of the country. 5 (usually the depths) an extreme feeling (of despair, sadness, etc) or great degree (of deprivation, etc). 6 (often the depths) the middle and severest or most intense part (of winter, etc). 7 (depths) serious aspects of a person's character that are not immediately obvious. 8 said of sound: lowness of pitch. in depth deeply and thoroughly. out of one's depth 1 in water so deep that one would be below the surface even when standing up. 2 not able to understand information or an explanation, or in a situation which is too difficult for one to deal with.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Anglo-Saxon deop deep.

depth noun 1 deepness; the distance from the top downwards, from the front to the back or from the surface inwards. 2 said of feelings or colours: intensity or strength. 3 extensiveness • the depth of one's knowledge. 4 (usually the depths) somewhere far from the surface or edge of somewhere • the depths of the ocean • the depths of the country. 5 (usually the depths) an extreme feeling (of despair, sadness, etc) or great degree (of deprivation, etc). 6 (often the depths) the middle and severest or most intense part (of winter, etc). 7 (depths) serious aspects of a person's character that are not immediately obvious. 8 said of sound: lowness of pitch. in depth deeply and thoroughly. out of one's depth 1 in water so deep that one would be below the surface even when standing up. 2 not able to understand information or an explanation, or in a situation which is too difficult for one to deal with.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Anglo-Saxon deop deep.

depth noun 1 deepness; the distance from the top downwards, from the front to the back or from the surface inwards. 2 said of feelings or colours: intensity or strength. 3 extensiveness • the depth of one's knowledge. 4 (usually the depths) somewhere far from the surface or edge of somewhere • the depths of the ocean • the depths of the country. 5 (usually the depths) an extreme feeling (of despair, sadness, etc) or great degree (of deprivation, etc). 6 (often the depths) the middle and severest or most intense part (of winter, etc). 7 (depths) serious aspects of a person's character that are not immediately obvious. 8 said of sound: lowness of pitch. in depth deeply and thoroughly. out of one's depth 1 in water so deep that one would be below the surface even when standing up. 2 not able to understand information or an explanation, or in a situation which is too difficult for one to deal with.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Anglo-Saxon deop deep.