Depression

/dɪˈprɛʃɪn/
/dɪˈpreʃən/
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Other forms: Depressions

Definitions of Depression
  1. noun
    a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
    synonyms: Great Depression
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    example of:
    age, historic period
    an era of history having some distinctive feature
Pronunciation
US
/dɪˈprɛʃɪn/
UK
/dɪˈpreʃən/
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