{
    "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’."
}