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# profound

«profound» in Mova's school dictionary: **very great or very strong, like a profound effect or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (profound, more profound, most profound)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Profound means very great or very strong, like a profound effect or profound sadness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#m1)

2) Profound means showing deep thinking and understanding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#m2)

3) (medicine) Profound deafness means being almost completely deaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English and philosophy lessons a profound idea is deep and thoughtful; in news and science a profound change is very big. Phrases: profound effect, profound silence, a profound question.

### examples

- The book had a profound effect on me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x1)
- There was a profound silence in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x2)
- «Why are we here?» is a profound question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x3)
- The war caused profound changes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x4)
- Grandma said something profound about kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x5)
- My cousin has profound hearing loss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x6)
- You are of a poetical nature, as it is called--I, on the contrary, possess profound knowledge and inexhaustible wit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profound/#x7)

### note

Say pruh-FOUND. Do not confuse with «profane» (rude about holy things). Noun: profundity.

### Trees and pragmatics

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