- depression
- noun1 unhappiness/mental illnessADJECTIVE▪ serious, severe▪ black (esp. BrE), deep▪
moments of deep depression
▪ acute, chronic▪ mild, minor▪ moderate▪ clinical▪ manic▪ post-natal, post-partum (AmE)… OF DEPRESSION▪ bout, fit, period▪The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression.
▪In a fit of depression, she threw away all her books.
▪A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth.
VERB + DEPRESSION▪ develop, fall into, go into, succumb to▪She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room.
▪ experience, have, suffer, suffer from▪She was diagnosed as having clinical depression.
▪ be treated for▪His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression.
▪ come out of, get over, overcome▪She was gradually coming out of her depression.
▪ cause, lead to, trigger▪Bereavement can often lead to depression.
▪ alleviate, reduce, relieve, treat▪a new drug used to treat depression
▪ preventDEPRESSION + VERB▪ deepen▪ lift▪Her depression has lifted now.
▪ affect sb▪Depression affects a surprising number of people.
▪ occurPREPOSITION▪ in depression▪He may have killed himself in depression.
▪ with depression▪He's been off work for months with depression.
PHRASES▪ the depths of depression▪I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results.
▪ feelings of depression▪ the onset of depression▪The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
▪ a state of depression▪He was in a state of acute depression.
▪ symptoms of depression▪ treatment for depression▪She had been receiving medical treatment for depression.
2 period of reduced economic activityADJECTIVE▪ great, major, serious, severe▪ worldwide▪ economic▪The country is experiencing a severe economic depression.
VERB + DEPRESSION▪ be in the grip of, experience▪ go into▪The market has gone into depression.
▪ faceDEPRESSION + VERB▪ deepen▪The depression seems to be deepening.
PREPOSITION▪ during a/the depression, in a/the depression▪Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s.
PHRASES▪ the depths of a depression▪ a period of depression▪periods of severe economic depression
3 hollow part in the surface of sthADJECTIVE▪ shallow, slight, small▪ deepPREPOSITION▪ depression in, depression on▪The photos show a shallow depression on the planet's surface.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
