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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

[ English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛʃən/, SAMPA: /dI"prES@n/

  Rhymes: -ɛʃən

• Hyphenation: de·pres·sion

[ Noun

Singular depression

Plural countable and uncountable; depressions

depression (countable and uncountable; plural depressions)

1. (geography) an area that is lower in topography than its surroundings
2. (psychology) in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future
3. (psychology) in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide
4. (meteorology) an area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes
5. (economics) a period of major economic contraction

   The Great Depression (US history)

6. (biology, physiology) a lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or thee function of an organ, in contrast to elevation

[ Related terms

• depress
• depressant
• depressing
• depressive

[ Translations

area that is lower than its surroundings

Afrikaans: depressie af(af) Arabic: منخفض (munkháfaɖ) m. Catalan: depressió f. Finnish: painauma fi(fi) French: dépression fr(fr)

Hebrew: שפלה (shfela) f. Italian: depressione it(it) f. Japanese: 窪地 (kubochi) Spanish: depresión es(es) Swedish: depression sv(sv)

state of mind producing serious long-term lowering of enjoyment

Afrikaans: depressie af(af), gemoedsbekakking af(af) Arabic: اكتئاب (ikti’āb) m. Catalan: depressió f. Croatian: depresija f. Czech: deprese cs(cs) f. Dutch: depressie nl(nl) f. Finnish: masennus fi(fi), depressio fi(fi) French: dépression f. German: Depression de(de) f. Hebrew: דיכאון (dikaon) m. Hungarian: levertség, depresszió Icelandic: þunglyndi is(is) n.

Italian: depressione it(it) f. Japanese: 鬱 (utsu) Lithuanian: depresija f. Polish: depresja Portuguese: depressão pt(pt) f. Russian: депрессия (depréssija) f. Scottish Gaelic: dubhachas m., airteil m., trom-inntinn f., sprochd m. Slovene: depresija sl(sl) f. Swedish: depression sv(sv) c. Turkish: depresyon tr(tr) Ukrainian: депресія (depresija) f.

area of lowered air pressure

Afrikaans: laagdruk af(af) Finnish: matalapaine fi(fi) French: dépression f. Italian: depressione it(it) f.

Japanese: 低気圧 (teikiatsu) Korean: 저기압 (jeogiap) Swedish: lågtryck sv(sv)

period of major economic contraction

Afrikaans: depressie af(af) Catalan: depressió f. Czech: deprese cs(cs) f. Finnish: lama fi(fi), lamakausi fi(fi) French: dépression f. Hebrew: שפל (shefel) m.

Hungarian: hanyatlás Icelandic: Kreppa f. Italian: depressione it(it) f. Japanese: 不況 (fukyō) Korean: 불경기 (bulgyeonggi) Spanish: depresión es(es) f.

reduction in a biological variable

Italian: depressione it(it) f.

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[ Finnish

[ Noun

depression

1. Genitive singular form of depressio.

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[ Swedish

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

depression

1. Geographical or psychological depression.