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{ "term": "depression", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox5000": true, "cefr": "b2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a medical condition in which a person feels very sad, anxious and without hope and often has physical symptoms such as being unable to sleep, etc.", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "He was diagnosed as having clinical depression." }, { "text": "She suffered from severe depression after losing her job." }, { "text": "He had a family history of depression." }, { "text": "Depression does not always have a particular cause." }, { "text": "Bereavement can often lead to depression." }, { "text": "Depression affects a surprising number of people." }, { "text": "She was in a state of acute depression." }, { "text": "He's been off work for months with depression." }, { "text": "Her depression has lifted now." }, { "text": "His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression." }, { "text": "She had been receiving medical treatment for depression." }, { "text": "She was gradually coming out of her depression." }, { "text": "The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression." }, { "text": "The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event." }, { "text": "a new drug used to treat depression" } ], "topics": ["Mental health"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["serious", "severe", "black"], "… of depression": ["bout", "fit", "period"], "verb + depression": ["develop", "fall into", "go into"], "depression + verb": ["deepen", "lift", "affect somebody"], "preposition": ["in depression", "with depression"], "phrases": [ "the depths of depression", "feelings of depression", "the onset of depression" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the state of feeling very sad and without hope", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "There was a feeling of gloom and depression in the office when the news of the job cuts was announced." }, { "text": "These results should not be a cause for depression." }, { "text": "Her mood swung from the depths of depression to coping well." }, { "text": "It is easy to slip into a mood of depression." }, { "text": "moments of deep depression" }, { "text": "She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room." }, { "text": "I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results." }, { "text": "In a fit of depression, she threw away all her books." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["serious", "severe", "black"], "… of depression": ["bout", "fit", "period"], "verb + depression": ["develop", "fall into", "go into"], "depression + verb": ["deepen", "lift", "affect somebody"], "preposition": ["in depression", "with depression"], "phrases": [ "the depths of depression", "feelings of depression", "the onset of depression" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a period when there is little economic activity and many people are poor or without jobs", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression." }, { "text": "the Great Depression of the 1930s" }, { "text": "He grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s." }, { "text": "Many people lost their jobs in the Great Depression of the 1930s." }, { "text": "The country is experiencing a severe economic depression." }, { "text": "periods of severe economic depression" }, { "text": "The housing market has gone into depression." }, { "text": "The depression seems to be deepening." } ], "topics": ["Money", "Social issues"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["great", "major", "serious"], "verb + depression": ["be in the grip of", "experience", "go into"], "depression + verb": ["deepen"], "preposition": ["during a/the depression", "in a/the depression"], "phrases": ["the depths of a depression", "a period of depression"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a part of a surface that is lower than the parts around it", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground." }, { "text": "From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface." } ], "synonyms": "hollow", "collocations": { "adjective": ["shallow", "slight", "small"], "preposition": ["depression in", "depression on"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a weather condition in which the pressure of the air becomes lower, often causing rain", "labels": "(specialist)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "an atmospheric depression moving east from the Atlantic" } ], "topics": ["Weather"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpreʃn/", "audio": "de/depression/depression__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpreʃn/", "audio": "de/depression/depression__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin depressio(n-), from deprimere ‘press down’." }