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Synonyms for depth

Grammar : Noun
Spell : depth
Phonetic Transcription : dɛpθ

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Définition of depth

Origin :
  • late 14c., apparently formed in Middle English on model of length, breadth; from Old English deop "deep" (see deep) + -th (2). Replaced older deopnes "deepness." Though the English word is relatively recent, the formation is in Proto-Germanic, *deupitho-, and corresponds to Old Saxon diupitha, Dutch diepte, Old Norse dypð, Gothic diupiþa.
  • noun distance down or across
  • noun insight, wisdom
Example sentences :
  • She said it, as if guided by an instinct, to sound the depth of his love for her.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • You who knew her will realize the depth and extent of my bereavement.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Dick spoke at once, with a hesitancy that betrayed the depth of his emotion.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • There could be no doubt concerning the depth of the lad's love for the girl.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The depth of immersion is regulated by fixing the crank-pin.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • A pressure-gauge to register the depth of the sinker has been added by Sir William.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The woods were in all the depth and richness of a Southern spring.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • They had no depth or change; they glittered, and they opened and shut.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I got up, moved to the depth of my being by this terrible grief.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • They have length, and breadth, and outline: have they nothing to do with depth?
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

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