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Depression is a feeling of deep sadness that can last a long time and cannot always be explained by what is happening in a person's life. Some medicines can be used to help fight depression.
Kayla's neighbor had been sad for a very long time. She said she never wanted to get out of bed. Finally she went to see a doctor and the doctor gave her some medicine for depression. She is doing better now.- synonyms:
- melancholy, sadness
- similar words:
- gloom
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When someone feels sad or down for a fairly long time and for particular reasons, we sometimes say they are in a state of depression or going through a depression.
Mr. Jackson fell into a depression after he lost his leg in an accident last year. The change in his life was very hard and he needed time to adjust. He's doing better now, though. |
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An "economic depression" is a time when business all over a country or region is going very badly. Companies are not making money, and many people have no work. During a depression, a great many people become poor.
When business starts to go badly across the country, people begin to fear a depression.- antonyms:
- prosperity
- similar words:
- decline
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When people talk about "the Depression," they are usually talking about "the Great Depression." This was a time in history--the time between 1929 and 1939--when business was especially bad in the United States and around the world. Many people lost jobs, and many, many people became poor and homeless.
Men with no jobs and no food often stood in long lines waiting to get old bread from bakeries during the Depression. |
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