1. periods of severe economic decline with high unemployment and reduced business activity
Usage: economics
2. mental health conditions characterized by persistent sadness and loss of interest
Usage: medical
3. hollow areas or indentations in a surface

Examples

• The Great Depression was one of the worst economic depressions in history.
• Many people suffer from depressions that require professional treatment.
• The road had several depressions that collected rainwater.
• Weather forecasters track depressions moving across the Atlantic.
• Economic depressions can last for years and affect millions of jobs.
• Small depressions in the ground marked where the fence posts had been.
• Tropical depressions can develop into hurricanes under the right conditions.