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Plural of depth

regular plural

The plural of depth is depths.

Forms of depth

Singulardepth /dɛpθ/
Pluraldepths /dɛpθs/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Depths in a sentence

  • The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
  • In the depths of the night,
  • Science fiction often imagines alien civilizations in the depths of outer space.From the entry outer space
  • The unplumbed depths of the sea will remain a mystery to land-bound humans.From the entry unplumbed
  • I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.From the entry vile

Meaning of depth

  1. noun The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep.
  2. noun The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet.
  3. noun The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.

Full definition of depth

Questions about the plural of depth

What is the plural of depth?
The plural of depth is depths.
Is depth countable?
Depth is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depth (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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