noun · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɛpθ/
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rhymes with -ɛpθ
CMU ARPABET:D EH1 P TH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deepness, lowness
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.
We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
lowness
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the depth of a sound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the total palette of available colors
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognates Cognate with Scots deepth, Saterland Frisian Djüpte, West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte, German Low German Deepd, Luxembourgish Déift, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt, Norwegian Nynorsk djupt, dypt, and Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”); further to Old English diepe, German Tiefe, Icelandic dýpi, Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, Swedish djup.
Across languages
Translations
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
thellësi
— vertical distance below a surface
Southern Altai:
тереҥ
(tereŋ)
— vertical distance below a surface
Arabic:
عَمْق
(ʕamq)
— vertical distance below a surface
Armenian:
խորություն
(xorutʻyun)
— vertical distance below a surface
Armenian:
խորք
(xorkʻ)
— vertical distance below a surface
Assamese:
পোতন
(püton)
— vertical distance below a surface
Assamese:
গভীৰতা
(gobhirota)
— vertical distance below a surface
Azerbaijani:
dərinlik
— vertical distance below a surface
Belarusian:
глыбіня́
(hlybinjá)
— vertical distance below a surface
Bulgarian:
дълбочина́
(dǎlbočiná)
— vertical distance below a surface
Burmese:
အနက်
(a.nak)
— vertical distance below a surface
Catalan:
profunditat
— vertical distance below a surface
Chinese Cantonese:
深度
(sam1 dou6)
— vertical distance below a surface
Chinese Mandarin:
深度
(shēndù)
— vertical distance below a surface
Czech:
hloubka
— vertical distance below a surface
Danish:
dybde
— vertical distance below a surface
Dutch:
diepte
— vertical distance below a surface
Esperanto:
profundo
— vertical distance below a surface
Estonian:
sügavus
— vertical distance below a surface
Faroese:
dýpi
— vertical distance below a surface
Finnish:
syvyys
— vertical distance below a surface
French:
profondeur
— vertical distance below a surface
Georgian:
სიღრმე
(siɣrme)
— vertical distance below a surface
German:
Tiefe
— vertical distance below a surface
Gothic:
𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹
(diupei)
— vertical distance below a surface
Gothic:
𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰
(diupiþa)
— vertical distance below a surface
Greek:
βάθος
(váthos)
— vertical distance below a surface
Ancient Greek:
βάθος
(báthos)
— vertical distance below a surface