profundity (noun)

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• profundity — profound ► ADJECTIVE (profounder, profoundest) 1) very great or intense. 2) showing great knowledge or insight. 3) demanding deep study or thought. 4) archaic very deep. DERIVATIVES profoundly adverb …   English terms dictionary

• profundity — noun formal 1 (U) the quality of knowing and understanding a lot, or having strong, serious feelings: a young woman of extraordinary profundity | Fairy tales have a profundity absent in most children s literature. 2 (countable usually plural)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• profundity — noun 1. wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound (Freq. 1) the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs • Syn: ↑reconditeness, ↑abstruseness, ↑abstrusity, ↑profoundness • Derivationally related forms …   Useful english dictionary

• profundity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English profundite, from Latin profunditat , profunditas depth, from profundus Date: 15th century 1. a. intellectual depth b. something profound or abstruse 2. the quality or state of being profound or deep …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• profundity — noun a) the state of being profound or abstruse b) a great depth Syn: profoundness …   Wiktionary

• profundity — noun (plural profundities) 1》 great depth of insight or knowledge. 2》 great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion …   English new terms dictionary

• profundity — pro|fun|di|ty [ prə fʌndəti ] noun uncount FORMAL 1. ) the quality of being very wise and serious 2. ) seriousness or importance: the profundity of these social changes …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• profundity — UK [prəˈfʌndətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] formal 1) the quality of being very wise and serious 2) seriousness, or importance the profundity of these social changes …   English dictionary

• profundity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Depth] Syn. pitch, deepness, lowness; see depth 1 . 2. [Perception] Syn. acuity, sagacity, authority; see acumen . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Intellectual penetration or range: deepness, depth, profoundness. See… …   English dictionary for students

• profundity — /prəˈfʌndəti/ (say pruh funduhtee) noun (plural profundities) 1. quality of being profound; depth. 2. a profoundly deep place; an abyss. 3. (plural) profound or deep matters. {Middle English profundite, from Late Latin profunditas} …  

• profound — ► ADJECTIVE (profounder, profoundest) 1) very great or intense. 2) showing great knowledge or insight. 3) demanding deep study or thought. 4) archaic very deep. DERIVATIVES profoundly adverb …   English terms dictionary