depth
/dɛpθ/
depth noun: the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
Noun
depth (countable and uncountable, plural depths)
- the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
- Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
- the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
- the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
- The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
- The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.
- lowness
- the depth of a sound
- the total palette of available colors
- the property of appearing three-dimensional
- The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
- the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
- The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
- a very remote part.
- Into the depths of the jungle...
- In the depths of the night,
- the most severe part
- in the depth of the crisis
- in the depths of winter
- the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
- a pair of toothed wheels which work together
- the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
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- the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
- A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
- An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).
depth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
depth in Hindi
- vertical distance below a surface
- गहराई gahrāī
depth in Tamil
- vertical distance below a surface
- ஆழம் āḻam, அகப்பு akappu
depth in Urdu
- vertical distance below a surface
- گہرائی gahrāī
depth in Bengali
- গভীরতা, গভীর, জটিল, গভীরতম অংশ, সমুদ্র, নিগূঢ়তা
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- depth in Telugu
- లోతు lōtu
- depth in Malayalam
- ആഴം āḻaṁ
- depth in Kannada
- ಆಳ, ಗುಣ್ಪು, ಗುಂಬು, ಗುಂಬ
- depth in Sanskrit
- निम्न nimná, वेध vedha
- depth in Assamese
- পোতন püton, গভীৰতা gobhirota
- depth in Tagalog
- lalim, kalaliman
- depth in Arabic
- عَمْق ʕamq
- depth in Malay
- kedalaman
- depth in Indonesian
- kedalaman
- depth in Persian
- ژرفا žarfâ, عمق 'omq
- depth in Thai
- ความลึก kwaam-lʉ́k
- depth in Vietnamese
- độ sâu
- depth in Myanmar
- အနက် a.nak
Examples of depth in a sentence
- Science fiction often imagines alien civilizations in the depths of outer space.
- Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
- To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
Synonyms of depth
Forms of depth
| plural | depths |
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Origin of depth
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.
Words formed from depth
- 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
- depthometer
- depth peeling
- depth perception
- depth psychology
- depth-psychology
- depthscraper
- depth sounder
- depthwise
- depthy
- 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
Phrases with depth
Questions about depth
- What does depth mean?
- Depth means the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
- What is depth in Hindi?
- Depth in Hindi is गहराई (gahrāī). See Depth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is depth?
- Depth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce depth?
- Depth is pronounced /dɛpθ/.
- What is the plural of depth?
- The plural of depth is depths.
Words near depth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: depth (page history and authors); depth (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); లోతు (Telugu) (page history and authors); depth (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निम्न (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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