Meaning of depth in English

depth

noun

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/depθ/

depth noun (DISTANCE DOWN)

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B1 [ C or U ]

the distance down either from the top of something to the bottomor to a distance below the top surface of something:

depth of the depth of a lake/pond

at a depth There are very few fish at depths (= distances below the surface) below 3,000 metres.

to a depth The river froze to a depth of over a metre.

the depths [ plural ] literary

the lowest part of the sea:

These researchers were unafraid of exploring the depths.

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The depth of the children's pool is only 0.85 meters.
Use a garden fork to loosen the soil to a depth of 12 inches.
Northern elephant seals and Weddell seals can dive to depths of 600-1,250 meters.
The submarine stayed submerged at a depth of over 45 meters.
The seals usually dive to a depth of 400 meters where they feed on fish such as Antarctic cod.

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Measurements in general

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depth noun (SERIOUSNESS)

B2 [ C or U ]

the state of having serious qualities or the ability to think seriously about something:

lack depth Terry lacks depth - he's a very superficial person.

Her writing shows astonishing depth.

hidden depths Jo has hidden depths (= serious qualities that you do not see immediately).

in depth

in a serious and detailed way:

These issues are explored in depth in her latest book.

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I don't dispute that Lucas' films are entertainingbut they haven't got much depth.
He's entertaining enough but he lacks a little depth.
Her later writing showed more depth.
She may seem fairly frivolous but I suspect she has hidden depths.
Yet his work rarely shows the depth of his father's oeuvre.

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Thinking and contemplating

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depth noun (DISTANCE FROM FRONT TO BACK)

[ C or U ]

the distance from the front to the back of something:

depth of Measure the depth of the cupboard/shelf.

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depth noun (STRENGTH)

C2 [ U ]

the fact of a feeling stateor characteristic being strong extremeor detailed:

depth of He spoke with great depth of feeling.

depth of knowledge I was amazed at her depth of knowledge.

[ U ]

a strong pleasant quality in something such as a flavour:

The cheese is mild when eaten youngor can be matured for greater depth of flavour.

She sang the contralto role with a great depth of sound.

Reducing the sauce gives it more depth.

Synonym

richness

the fact of somethingespecially a colourhaving the quality of being dark and strong:

depth of I love the depth of colour in her early paintings.

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Power and intensity

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The qualities of colour

Flavours & tastes

Describing qualities of sound

depth noun (LOW SOUND)

[ U ]

the quality of having a low sound:

The depth of his voice makes him sound older than he is.

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Grammar

Measurements

We use the nouns lengthwidthdepth and height and the adjectives longwidedeep and high to talk about area and size: …

Area: lengthwidthdepth and height

We use the nouns lengthwidthdepth and height and the adjectives longwidedeep and high to talk about area and size: …

Weight and volume

We use the verb weigh to measure weight: …

Frequencyspeedtime

We use many different expressions to describe frequencyspeed and time. Here are some of them: …

Idioms

the depths of something
the depths of winter
in the depths of somewhere
out of your depth

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depth | American Dictionary

depth

noun [ C/U ]

/depθ/

depth noun [C/U] (DISTANCE DOWN)

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the distance down from the top surface of something to the bottom:

[ C ] They were scuba diving at a depth of 22 meters.

[ U ] The numbers on the left show the depth in inches.

depth noun [C/U] (DISTANCE BACKWARD)

the distance from the front to the back of something:

[ U ] Bookshelves should be at least nine inches in depth.

depth noun [C/U] (STRENGTH)

the strength qualityor degree of being complete:

[ U ] It’s hard to get a handle on the depth of her knowledge.

depth noun [C/U] (SERIOUSNESS)

the ability to think seriously about something:

[ U ] Don’t look for depth in this show.

in depth

Something done in depth is done carefully and in great detail:

I interviewed her in depth.

an in-depth report

Idiom

in the depths of something

(Definition of depth from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of depth

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Perhaps the most important aspect of this monograph is that its contributions provide compelling evidence for significant explosive subaqueous volcanism even at considerable water depths.

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Table 3 displays the same tendency as table 2 : relative clauses predominate at all depths in center-embeddings.

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Sediment samples were extracted from each site at depths of 0.1 metre and 1 metre.

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Howeverat each of the four liveweightsthe sums of backfat and muscle depths were similar in the two selection lines.

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Section 5 is devoted to the derivation of the distribution laws of the weighted depths and distances.

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Cages were positioned at various depths and distances from shoreas these factors had been shown to affect parasite recruitment.

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All males had nests at depths of 30-60 cm and were in the courtship phase when caught.

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The endless depths of the forest traditionally harboured outlaws and other terrors.

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Undisturbed core samples were taken at a randomly selected location within each net plotand at four depths (00.20.4 and 0.6 m).

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The equilibrium depths (open symbols) are also shown in figure 19.

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As a resultdiffusion will be the dominant transport process over some range of depths.

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A countercurrent is produced a t lower depths.

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Furtherlet the velocities and depths at any position in the final steady-state flow be vlv2y1 and y2 respectively.

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Variations in these ratios reflect the different degrees and depths of partial melting and/or differences in source composition.

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He even attempted to define absolute depths of his brachiopod-dominated 'communities'.

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Collocations with depth

depth

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added depth

Observations during these visits constituted a crucial element of the researchas they added depth and context to the oral accounts.

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average depth

Intermittent convection is generated in a thin unstably stratified layerwhich is bounded by the interface and the average depth of the undersurface temperature maximum.

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considerable depth

The authors of different chapters do not reach uniform conclusions on this issuebut they do explore the matter in considerable depth.

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Translations of depth

in Chinese (Traditional)

向下的距離深度嚴肅…

in Chinese (Simplified)

向下的距离深度严肃…

in Spanish

profundidadamplitudintensidad…

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profundidadeprofundidade [feminine]…

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एखाद्या गोष्टीच्या वरच्या पृष्ठभागापासून खालपर्यंत किंवा एखाद्या गोष्टीच्या वरच्या पृष्ठभागापासून खाली अंतरापर्यंतखोलीसखोलता…

深さ（知識、知恵の）深さ深（ふか）さ…

dikine derinlikenine derinlikbilgi derinliği…

profondeur [feminine]intensité [feminine]profondeur…

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dieptehevigheid…

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