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# depression

«depression» in Mova's school dictionary: **an illness of the mind that makes a person feel very sad…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (depression, depressions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Depression is an illness of the mind that makes a person feel very sad, empty, tired or hopeless for a long time, much more than ordinary sadness; doctors and counsellors can help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m1)

2) A depression is a hollow or low place in a surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m2)

3) In weather, a depression is an area of low air pressure that often brings clouds, wind and rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m3)

4) A depression is a long time when many people have no work and little money: the Great Depression of the 1930s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health and personal lessons, children learn that mental health matters as much as physical health; depression is common and nobody's fault, and talking to a trusted adult, a doctor or a helpline helps. In geography and weather, depressions bring rainy, windy weather (weather forecasts). In history, pupils study the Great Depression. In science, a depression in the ground can fill with water to make a pond. Phrases: suffer from depression, the Great Depression, a tropical depression, a depression in the ground.

### examples

- My uncle had depression, and talking to a doctor helped him get better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x1)
- If you feel sad for a long time, tell a trusted adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x2)
- A deep depression is moving in from the Atlantic, bringing rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x3)
- The rain collected in a depression in the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x4)
- During the Great Depression, many families were very poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x5)
- A tropical depression can grow into a hurricane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/#x6)

### note

Countable for hollows and weather systems, uncountable for the illness. Trap: feeling sad for a day is not depression — depression lasts weeks and needs help. It is not a weakness and people recover. Adjective: depressed; verb: depress (also «press down», as in «depress the button»).

### In the corpora

- [Later that week, Dad says quietly that Mum has been low for weeks and the doctor says it is depression.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low/4/)
- [Feeling sad for many days and losing interest in things you loved can be an illness called depression.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/213-sad-jealous-bored-and-proud/5/)
- [Some grown-ups have an illness called depression.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/7/)
- [Depression is an illness, not laziness, and doctors can help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/11/)
- [Not every hard thing is drink or depression.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «depression» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depression/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.