English Explanatory Dictionary

depth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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)
  8. a very remote part.
  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

Pronunciation

/dɛpθ/ en-us-depth.ogg

Word forms

depth depths

Etymology

From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognates Cognate with Scots deepth, Saterland Frisian Djüpte, West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte, German Low German Deepd, Luxembourgish Déift, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt, Norwegian Nynorsk djupt, dypt, and Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”); further to Old English diepe, German Tiefe, Icelandic dýpi, Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, Swedish djup.

Synonyms

deepness lowness abyss bottom bathos nadir

Related words

deep

Derived words

beyond one's depth bit depth bit-depth codepth color depth crush depth defence in depth defense in depth depth bomb depth charge depth-charge depthen depth-first search depth gauge depthie depth interview depthless depthness depth of field depth of focus depth peeling depth perception depth psychology depth-psychology depthscraper depth sounder depthwise design depth double play depth focal depth in depth in-depth indepth normal depth operating depth optical depth out of one's depth palaeodepth paleodepth Secchi depth strategic depth test depth
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