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depression

de·pres·sion

depression

 
 
pronunciation:
dih pre shn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a sad feeling that can last a long time and cannot always be explained.
She is taking medicine for depression.
definition 2: an economic state in which business is very bad and many people have no work and are poor.
My grandparents lived through the depression of the 1920s.
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