noun
                                                the extent downward or backward or inward
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the depth of the water
- depth of a shelf
- depth of a closet
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                (usually plural) a low moral state
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he had sunk to the depths of addiction
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
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                                                noun
                                                the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the depth of his breathing
- the depth of his sighs
- the depth of his emotion