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# depth

«depth» in Mova's school dictionary: **how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top** — 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 (depth, depths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Depth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#m1)

2) Depth is also how far back something goes, like the depth of a shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#m2)

3) The depths are the deepest parts, like the depths of the ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#m3)

4) «In depth» means in a full, careful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a measure of length downward; with length and width it gives volume (length × width × depth); science: the depth of the ocean, the depth of snow or rain; safety: check the depth of water before you jump in; phrases: «out of your depth» means in water too deep, or in something too hard

### examples

- The depth of the pool is 3 meters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x1)
- Find the depth of the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x2)
- The tank has a depth of 50 cm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x3)
- The depth grows by 2 cm each hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x4)
- Never dive in without checking the depth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x5)
- The deepest part of the ocean is about 11 kilometers down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x6)
- We studied volcanoes in depth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x7)
- The waters foamed in the depths below him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/depth/#x8)

### note

A length; multiply length × width × depth for volume. Trap: keep units the same before multiplying. Spelling: dep-t-h, from deep.

### In the corpora

- [Many fish have a swim bladder filled with gas that lets them float at one depth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/74-fish-frogs-reptiles/10/)
- [Many fish have a swim bladder, a bag of gas that helps them float at the depth they want.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/83-floating-and-sinking/20/)
- [The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.421/)
- ['Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.147/)
- [The Lord said: 'I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1113/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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