Usually means: Persistent mood of sadness, hopelessness.
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We found 73 dictionaries that define the word Depression:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. depression, the (Great) Depression, the depression, the (great) depression: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. depression, the Depression: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. depression: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. depression, the Depression: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Depression: Vocabulary.com
  6. Depression, depression: Wordnik
  7. depression: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Depression, depression: Wiktionary
  9. depression: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. depression: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. depression: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. depression, the depression: Dictionary.com
  13. depression: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Depression (clinical), Depression (differential diagnoses), Depression (economics), Depression (geology), Depression (meteorology), Depression (mood), Depression (mood disorder), Depression (psychology), Depression (weather), Depression, The Depression, The depression: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Depression: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. depression: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. The depression, depression: Rhymezone
  18. Depression (f), depression: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. depression: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. depression: Free Dictionary
  21. depression: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. depression, the Depression: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. depression: Vocabulary.com

Business (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. depression: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Depression: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  5. Depression: Moneyterms
  6. Depression: Monetary History
  7. Depression: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  8. depression: Finance-Glossary.com
  9. Depression: Inflation Glossary
  10. Depression: Investopedia
  11. Depression: Securities Terminology
  12. Depression (disambiguation), Depression (economic), Depression (economics), Depression (mood), depression, the Depression: Legal dictionary
  13. Depression (disambiguation), Depression (economic), Depression (economics): Financial dictionary
  14. Depression, the Depression: Financial dictionary
  15. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  16. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  17. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Depression (disambiguation), Depression (economic), Depression (economics), depression, the Depression: Encyclopedia

Medicine (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Depression: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Reactive Attachment Disorder (No longer online)
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  6. depression: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Glossary
  7. Depression: Merck Manuals
  8. depression: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  9. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  11. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  12. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  13. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  14. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  15. Depression: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  16. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  17. depression: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  18. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  19. Depression (clinical), Depression (disambiguation), Depression (economic), Depression (economics), Depression (mood), Depression (psychiatry), depression, the Depression: Medical dictionary
  20. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  21. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  22. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  23. Depression: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Depression: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Depression)

noun:  (psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
noun:  (psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
noun:  (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
noun:  (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
noun:  (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
noun:  (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
noun:  The act of lowering or pressing something down.
noun:  (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
noun:  Synonym of Great Depression.

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