depression
Definitions
Noun
- A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- A sunken or depressed geological formation
- Sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
- An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- A concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- Angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- Pushing down
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "depression".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depression | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | depressions | 3 | 3 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "depression".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "depression".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expression | 3 | 79 |
| 2 | impression | 3 | 45 |
| 3 | profession | 3 | 37 |
| 4 | expressing | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | expressions | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | regression | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | repression | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | oppression | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | depressing | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | procession | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | depressions | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | depressingly | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | decompression | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | repressions | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | depress | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | presson | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | repressing | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | precession | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | digression | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | depressive | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "depression" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depression in | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "depression" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "depression" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "depression".
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Term
Definitions: 10
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 58
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 4
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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