# depths

Pronunciation: say "DEPTHS" /dɛpθs/

## Noun

1. The deepest part of something, especially a body of water. *(literary)*
   - Simple: The deepest part of something, usually water like a sea or a lake.
   - _Strange luminous fish drift through the lightless depths of the trench._
   - _The wreck settled into the silent depths, far below the reach of any diver._
2. The lowest point reached; an all-time low or nadir.
   - Simple: The lowest or worst point that someone or something reaches.
   - _The country reached the depths of economic collapse before any recovery began._
   - _From the depths of his disgrace, he slowly rebuilt his reputation._
3. Plural of depth. — plural of depth
   - Simple: Plural of depth. Use this form when you mean more than one depth.
   - _Sonar readings produced precise depths across the entire seabed._
   - _The survey compared water depths recorded in different decades._
4. The most severe or most involved stage of a period or process.
   - Simple: The hardest or most intense part of a period of time.
   - _The town nearly emptied during the depths of the long drought._
   - _She wrote her finest work in the depths of a brutal winter._
5. A very remote or far-removed part of a place. *(literary)*
   - Simple: A faraway part of a place, far from anything else.
   - _Explorers vanished into the trackless depths of the jungle._
   - _Something ancient stirred in the unmapped depths of the cavern._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/depths (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).