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# depression

noun (depression, depressions)

«depression» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Depression is an illness of the mind that makes a person feel very sad, empty, tired or hopeless for a long time, much more than ordinary sadness; doctors and counsellors can help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m1)
2. A depression is a hollow or low place in a surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m2)
3. In weather, a depression is an area of low air pressure that often brings clouds, wind and rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m3)
4. A depression is a long time when many people have no work and little money: the Great Depression of the 1930s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m4)

### In the lessons

In health and personal lessons, children learn that mental health matters as much as physical health; depression is common and nobody's fault, and talking to a trusted adult, a doctor or a helpline helps. In geography and weather, depressions bring rainy, windy weather (weather forecasts). In history, pupils study the Great Depression. In science, a depression in the ground can fill with water to make a pond. Phrases: suffer from depression, the Great Depression, a tropical depression, a depression in the ground.

### Examples

- My uncle had depression, and talking to a doctor helped him get better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x1)
- If you feel sad for a long time, tell a trusted adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x2)
- A deep depression is moving in from the Atlantic, bringing rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x3)
- The rain collected in a depression in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x4)
- During the Great Depression, many families were very poor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x5)
- A tropical depression can grow into a hurricane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x6)

### Note

Countable for hollows and weather systems, uncountable for the illness. Trap: feeling sad for a day is not depression — depression lasts weeks and needs help. It is not a weakness and people recover. Adjective: depressed; verb: depress (also «press down», as in «depress the button»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «depression» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«depression» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/depression.html) on Mova free.