depression
Translation
mental illness, unhappiness, economic recession, hollow
Examples
He suffers from clinical depression.
He suffers from clinical depression.
The country was in a deep economic depression.
The country was in a deep economic depression.
There is a depression in the road surface.
There is a depression in the road surface.
Grammar Patterns
to suffer from depression to have a medical illness of the mind Many people suffer from depression in winter.
an economic depression a period when there is little economic activity The Great Depression started in 1929.
Similar Words
Synonyms: sadness, despair, recession, slump; Antonyms: happiness, boom, elation
Etymology
From 'depress' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ion'. 'Depress' comes from Latin 'deprimere' (to press down).
Memory Tips
Think of it as a 'pressing down' of mood, the economy, or a physical surface.