the extent downward or backward or inward; the depth of the water; depth of a shelf; depth of a closet

[ Syn: deepness ]

degree of psychological or intellectual profundity

(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; from the depths of darkest Africa; signals received from the depths of space'

(usually plural) a low moral state; he had sunk to the depths of addiction'

the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

[ Syn: astuteness , profundity , profoundness , deepness ]

the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense; the depth of his breathing; the depth of his sighs, the depth of his emotion'