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1.
extent downward or backward or inward
the depth of the water
depth of a shelf
depth of a closet
2.
degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
3.
(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part
from the depths of darkest Africa
signals received from the depths of space
4.
(usually plural) a low moral state
he had sunk to the depths of addiction
5.
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
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