noun
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
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noun
a sunken or depressed geological formation
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natural depression
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sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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Great Depression
noun
an air mass of lower pressure
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- often brings precipitation
- a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
noun
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
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depressive disorder
clinical depression
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a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
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- he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
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angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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pushing down
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- depression of the space bar on the typewriter