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depth

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
dɛpθ

Definitions

  1. the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
  2. the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
  3. the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
  4. lowness
  5. the total palette of available colors
  6. the property of appearing three-dimensional
  7. the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
    countable, literary, plural-normally, uncountable
  8. a very remote part.
    countable, literary, plural-normally, uncountable
  9. the most severe part
  10. the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
  11. a pair of toothed wheels which work together
  12. the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
  13. the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
  14. A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
  15. An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan dilidərinlik
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Cymraegdyfnder
Danskdybde
Ελληνικάβάθος
Esperantoprofundo
فارسیژرفاعمق
Gàidhligdoimhneachd
Galegofondura
עבריתעומק
Magyarmélység
Bahasa Indonesiakedalamanlubuk
Íslenskadýpt
Italianoprofondità
ქართულისიღრმე
Қазақ тілітереңдік
ភាសាខ្មែរជំរៅ
Kurdîton
Кыргызчатереңдик
LëtzebuergeschDéift
Malagasyhalalina
Македонскидлабочина
മലയാളംആഴം
Bahasa Melayukedalaman
မြန်မာအနက်
Nederlandsdiepte
Русскийглубина
Slovenščinaglobina
Kiswahilikina
Türkçederinlik
O'zbekchachuqurlik
Tiếng Việtchiều sâu
isiZuluubude

Examples

Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.”
The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.”
The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.”
“We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.”
the depth of a sound
The depth of field in this picture is amazing.”
The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.”
Into the depths of the jungle...”
“In the depths of the night,”
“in the depth of the crisis
“in the depths of winter

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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