depressions

/D IH0 P R EH1 SH AH0 N Z/

noun

1
In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
“I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.”
2
An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
3
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
An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
5
A period of major economic contraction.
6
Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
“The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.”
7
The act of lowering or pressing something down.
“Depression of the lever starts the machine.”
8
A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

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