{ "term": "depth", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "image": "data/images/di/dimensions.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something; a particular distance down from the surface of something", "sensetop": "depth of somethingat a depth of somethingto a depth of somethingin depthat depth", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "What's the depth of the water here?", "contextForm": "depth of something" }, { "text": "the depth of a cut/wound/crack" }, { "text": "Water was found at a depth of 30 metres.", "contextForm": "at a depth of something" }, { "text": "They dug down to a depth of two metres.", "contextForm": "to a depth of something" }, { "text": "Many dolphins can dive to depths of 200 metres." }, { "text": "The oil well extended several hundreds of feet in depth.", "contextForm": "in depth" }, { "text": "The camera must be strong enough to resist the immense water pressure at depth.", "contextForm": "at depth" }, { "text": "Most earthquakes occur at much shallower depths, usually less than 30 kilometres." }, { "text": "The clam burrows in the sand to a considerable depth." }, { "text": "These fish are found at a depth of over 100 metres." }, { "text": "They go down to great depths below the surface." }, { "text": "Water normally moves more slowly at shallower depths." }, { "text": "species that live at considerable depth" }, { "text": "He tried to establish the depth of the wound." } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "maximum"], "verb + depth": ["plumb", "plunge into", "reach"], "depth + noun": ["perception"], "preposition": ["at depth", "at a depth of", "from a depth of"], "phrases": [ "the depths", "the depths of the ocean", "the depths of the sea" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the distance from the front to the back of something", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "The depth of the shelves is 30 centimetres." } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "maximum"], "verb + depth": ["plumb", "plunge into", "reach"], "depth + noun": ["perception"], "preposition": ["at depth", "at a depth of", "from a depth of"], "phrases": [ "the depths", "the depths of the ocean", "the depths of the sea" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the strength and power of feelings", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the depth of her love" }, { "text": "music of great emotional depth" }, { "text": "the unexpected depth of his feelings for her" }, { "text": "The demonstration showed the depth of feeling against the war." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "black"], "verb + depth": ["plumb", "plunge to", "reach"], "preposition": ["in depth", "out of your depth", "depths of"], "phrases": ["depth of emotion", "depth of feeling"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "qualities that give somebody/something extra character and make them/it interesting", "labels": "(approving)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The separate storylines really **add depth** and personality to the characters." }, { "text": "This film lacks the complexity or depth of his best movies." }, { "text": "Her paintings reveal **hidden depths** *(= unknown and interesting things about her character)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the quality of knowing or understanding a lot of details about something; the ability to provide and explain these details", "sensetop": "depth of something", "labels": "(approving)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a writer of great wisdom and depth" }, { "text": "His ideas lack depth." }, { "text": "She has the ability to treat big subjects with **breadth and depth**." }, { "text": "a job that doesn’t require any great depth of knowledge", "contextForm": "depth of something" }, { "text": "Younger students cannot be expected to have great depth of understanding." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "black"], "verb + depth": ["plumb", "plunge to", "reach"], "preposition": ["in depth", "out of your depth", "depths of"], "phrases": ["depth of emotion", "depth of feeling"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the deepest, most extreme or serious part of something", "examples": [ { "text": "the **depths of the ocean**" }, { "text": "to live **in the depths of the country** *(= a long way from a town)*" }, { "text": "in the **depths of winter** *(= when it is coldest)*" }, { "text": "She was **in the depths of despair**." }, { "text": "He gazed into the depths of her eyes." }, { "text": "the abyssal depths of the ocean" }, { "text": "sharks lurking in the murky grey depths of the sea" }, { "text": "The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair." }, { "text": "The ship's mast finally disappeared into the watery depths." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "maximum"], "verb + depth": ["plumb", "plunge into", "reach"], "depth + noun": ["perception"], "preposition": ["at depth", "at a depth of", "from a depth of"], "phrases": [ "the depths", "the depths of the ocean", "the depths of the sea" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "the strength of a colour", "examples": [ { "text": "Strong light will affect the depth of colour of your carpets and curtains." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "the quality in a work of art or a photograph that makes it appear not to be flat", "labels": "(specialist)", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [], "topics": ["Art"] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to be in water that is too deep to stand in with your head above water", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "If you can't swim, don't go out of your depth." }, { "text": "I don't like going out of my depth in the sea." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to be unable to understand something because it is too difficult; to be in a situation that you cannot control", "examples": [ { "text": "He felt totally out of his depth in his new job." }, { "text": "The writer seems a little out of her depth when dealing with the emotional issue involved." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in a detailed, careful and complete way", "examples": [ { "text": "I haven't looked at the report in depth yet." }, { "text": "an in-depth study" }, { "text": "I studied phonology in depth at college." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be or to experience an extreme example of something unpleasant", "examples": [ { "text": "His latest novel plumbs the depths of horror and violence." }, { "text": "It was at that stage in her life when she plumbed the depths of despair." }, { "text": "The team's poor performances **plumbed new depths** last night when they lost 10–2." }, { "text": "The story plumbed the depths of tabloid journalism." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the quality of being strong because you have a great variety of good people, ideas, etc. that can contribute to the success of something", "examples": [ { "text": "The French team does not have the strength in depth that the Australians have." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/depθ/", "audio": "de/depth/depth__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/depθ/", "audio": "de/depth/depth__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from deep + -th, on the pattern of pairs such as long, length." }