American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: ['dipəst]
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Adjective
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relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
“a deep breath”
“a deep sigh”
“deep concentration”
“deep emotion”
“a deep trance”
“in a deep sleep”
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having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
“a deep well”
“a deep dive”
“deep water”
“a deep casserole”
“a deep gash”
“deep massage”
“deep pressure receptors in muscles”
“deep shelves”
“a deep closet”
“surrounded by a deep yard”
“hit the ball to deep center field”
“in deep space”
“waist-deep”
Adjective
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of an obscure nature; ; ; ; - Rachel Carson
“the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms”
“a deep dark secret”
“the inscrutable workings of Providence”
“in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life”
“rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands”
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marked by depth of thinking
“deep thoughts”
“a deep allegory”
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very distant in time or space
“deep in the past”
“deep in enemy territory”
“deep in the woods”
“a deep space probe”
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extreme
“in deep trouble”
“deep happiness”
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having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
“a deep voice”
“a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice”
“a bass clarinet”
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strong; intense
“deep purple”
“a rich red”
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relatively thick from top to bottom
“deep carpets”
“deep snow”
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extending relatively far inward
“a deep border”
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(of darkness) very intense
“thick night”
“thick darkness”
“a face in deep shadow”
“deep night”
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large in quantity or size
“deep cuts in the budget”
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with head or back bent low
“a deep bow”
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difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
“the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”
“a deep metaphysical theory”
“some recondite problem in historiography”
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exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
“deep political machinations”
“a deep plot”
Usage examples
- The Sigsbee Abyssal Plain is the deepest and flattest sector of the deep basin.
- These staves are the deepest in Europe!
- It was the deepest motive of her soul, this self-mistrust.
- The deepest dejection at once overspread Hanaud's burly face.
- It is the deepest lake in New Zealand.
- Whittle Hill Quarry is one of the deepest quarries in the North West.
- The Marmaray, Istanbul, Turkey, is the world's deepest immersed tunnel.
- It has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground at which houses high-speed lifts.
- It is the deepest river in Bangladesh.
- Her grace was attired in the deepest weeds, and wore a plain widower's cap.