depth

/dɛpθ/

US pronunciation

American sound/dɛpθ/

depth

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> depth

Full entry

၁။ [C, U] (က) အနက်။ ဇောက်။
the depth of the well/mine/box. ❍ Water was found at a depth of 30 feet underground ❍ What's the depth of the water here? ❍ (fig ) the depth of the current economic recession. ❍ dimension
(ခ) မျက်နှာဝမှ နောက်ကျောသို့အနက်။
shelves with a depth of 8 inches.
(ဂ) အနက်။ the depth of a wound/crack.
၂။ [C usu pl ] တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ၏ အနက်ဆုံး၊ အစွန်ဆုံး၊ အလေးနက်ဆုံး အတွင်းကျကျ အစိတ်အပိုင်း။
explore the ocean depths ❍ be in the depths of despair ❍ live in the depths of the country (ie a long way from the town) ❍ His performance reveals hidden depths. ❍ in the depth of winter.
၃။ [U] အရောင်စသည်၏အား။
၄။ [U] (က) ခံစားမှုအထုအထည်။ နက်ရှိုင်းမှု။ the depth of her love.
(ခ) နက်နက်နဲနဲ၊ နှိုက်နှိုက်ချွတ်ချွတ် သိနားလည်စွမ်း၊ ရှင်းပြနိုင်စွမ်း။
a writer of great depth and wisdom.
(ဂ) နက်နဲစေ့စပ်မှု။ His ideas lack depth.
❏ in depth [IDM ] စေ့စေ့စပ်စပ်။ နက်နက်နဲနဲ။ study a subject in depth ❍ an in depth study.
❏ out of one's depth [IDM ]
၁။ ထောက်မမီသော ရေနက်။ If you can't swim, don't go out of your depth.
၂။ ခက်ခဲနက်နဲလွန်း၍ ဉာဏ်မမီ၊ လိုက်မမီ။ When they start talking about economics, I'm totally out of my depth.

More examples

[depth of] : What’s the depth of the water here?
[in depth] : The pool ranges from 1 to 4 metres in depth.
[to/at a depth of] : Pour oil into a pan to a depth of 1 inch.
[depth of] : Measure the width and depth of the shelf.
Any small object would be difficult to find because of the depth of the water.
His earlier albums were very popular but lacked depth.
[hidden depths] : She obviously had hidden depths of talent.
[depth of] : I was impressed by the depth of his understanding.
The newspaper is proud of the depth of its coverage of international affairs.
[depth of] : These latest figures have confirmed the depth of the economic recession.
[depth of] : I found it hard to understand the depth of her love for this man.
[depth of] : The plant produces flowers with a wonderful depth of colour.
His unmistakable voice with its depth and richness

Synonyms

Antonyms

flippancy, height, ignorance, inability, ineptness, mountain, weakness