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- dih
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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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A 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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| definition 3: |
When people talk about "the Depression," they are usually talking about "the Great Depression." This was a time in the history of the United States--the time between 1929 and 1939--when business was especially bad, many people lost jobs, and many, many people became poor and homeless. Other countries in the world suffered too during these years.
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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