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# profound

adjective (profound, more profound, most profound)

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

## Everyday

1. Profound means very great or very strong, like a profound effect or profound sadness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#m1)
2. Profound means showing deep thinking and understanding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#m2)
3. (medicine) Profound deafness means being almost completely deaf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English and philosophy lessons a profound idea is deep and thoughtful; in news and science a profound change is very big. Phrases: profound effect, profound silence, a profound question.

### Examples

- The book had a profound effect on me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x1)
- There was a profound silence in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x2)
- «Why are we here?» is a profound question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x3)
- The war caused profound changes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x4)
- Grandma said something profound about kindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x5)
- My cousin has profound hearing loss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x6)
- You are of a poetical nature, as it is called--I, on the contrary, possess profound knowledge and inexhaustible wit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x7)

### Note

Say pruh-FOUND. Do not confuse with «profane» (rude about holy things). Noun: profundity.

## In Jewish tradition

In English and philosophy lessons a profound idea is deep and thoughtful; in news and science a profound change is very big. Phrases: profound effect, profound silence, a profound question.

### Note

Say pruh-FOUND. Do not confuse with «profane» (rude about holy things). Noun: profundity.

## On Mova

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