profundity

pro·fun·di·ty

 (prə-fŭn′dĭ-tē, prō-)

n. pl. pro·fun·di·ties

1. Great intellectual insight or understanding: profundity of thought.

2. Intensity of feeling or conviction.

3. Something profound or abstruse: the profundities of mathematics.

4. Great extent downward; great depth.

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[Middle English profundite, from Old French, from Late Latin profunditās, from Latin profundus, deep; see profound.]

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pro•fun•di•ty

(prəˈfʌn dɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. the quality or state of being profound; depth.

2. Usu., profundities. profound or deep matters.

3. a profoundly deep place; abyss.

[1375–1425; late Middle English profundite < Late Latin profunditās. See profound, -ity]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	profundity - wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" abstrusity, reconditeness, abstruseness, profoundness wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
	2.	profundity - intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence" profoundness depth - degree of psychological or intellectual profundity shallowness, superficiality - lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
	3.	profundity - the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas deepness, astuteness, profoundness, depth sapience, wisdom - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
	4.	profundity - the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile" deepness, profoundness depth, deepness - the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" bottomlessness - the property of being very deep; without limit

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profundity

noun

1. insight, intelligence, depth, wisdom, learning, penetration, acumen, erudition, acuity, perspicacity, sagacity, perceptiveness, perspicuity the profundity of this book

2. intensity, strength, depth, seriousness, severity, extremity the profundity of the problems besetting the country

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profundity

noun

1. Intellectual penetration or range:

deepness, depth, profoundness.

2. Deep, thorough, or mature understanding:

insight, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom.

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Translations

عُمْق

hloubka

dybsindighed

Tiefe

profundidad

profondeur

dÿpi

profondit...

dypsindighet

derinlik

深厚深远

profundity

[prəˈfʌndɪtɪ] N (frm) → profundidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

profundity

[prəˈfʌndɪti] n

(intellectual) → profondeur f

[feeling, experience, change, problem] → profondeur f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

profundity

n

no pl → Tiefe f; (of thought, thinker, book etc) → Tiefgründigkeit f, → Tiefsinnigkeit f; (of knowledge) → Gründlichkeit f

(= profound remark) → Tiefsinnigkeit f

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profundity

[prəˈfʌndɪtɪ] n → profondità

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profound

(prəˈfaund) adjective

1. deep. profound sleep. diep عَميق дълбок profundo hluboký tief dyb βαθύςprofundo sügav عمیق syvä profondעמוק गहरा mély nyenyak djúpur profondo 深い 깊은 gilus dziļš nyenyak diepdypgłęboki زور profundo profund глубокий hlboký globok dubok djup ลึก derin 深遠的 глибокий گہرا sâu 深远的

2. showing great knowledge or understanding. a profound remark. begrypend عَميق الفَهْم والإدراك мъдър profundo důmyslný tiefgründig dybsindig βαθυστόχαστοςprofundo sügav پر محتوا syvällinen profondמעמיק विद्धान, पारंगत alapos berbobot spakur profondo 深遠な 심오한 išmintingas, įžvalgus būtiska piezīme mendalam diepzinniginngående, dypsindig, inderlig poważny i głęboki له معنى ډك،ډك له مفهوم څخه profundo profund глубокий; серьёзный dômyselný globok razborit insiktsfull, lärd ซึ่งคิดลึกซึ้ง derin bilgi gösteren 淵博的，造詣深的 ґрунтовний; мудрий عالم فاضل uyên thâm 渊博的，造诣深的

proˈfoundly adverb

diep بِصورَةٍ عَميقَه дълбоко profundamente hluboce tief dybsindigt βαθιάprofundamente süvitsi عمیقاً syvällisesti profondément עֲמוּקוֹת नितान्त mély(séges)en secara berbobot djúpt; spaklega profondamente 深く 심오하게 giliai, nepaprastai pamatīgi; dziļi dgn mendalam grondigdypt; dypsindig, inderlig dogłębnie په زوره توګه profundamente profund глубоко; серьезно hlboko globoko duboko djupt อย่างลึกซึ้ง son derece 深遠(地) глибоко نظر غائر سے sâu sắc 深远（地）

proˈfundity (-ˈfan-) noun

diepte, begrip عُمْق дълбочина profundidade hloubka die Tiefe dybsindighed βάθοςprofundidad sügavus عمق؛ ژرف اندیشی syvällisyys profondeurעומק गहराई mélység bobot dÿpi profondità 深さ 심오함 gilumas, gili prasmė pamatīgums; dziļums dalamnya diepzinnigheiddybde; dypsindighet dogłębność زورتوب،په زورتوګه سوچ كول profundidade profunzime глубина hĺbka globina dubina djup, djupsinne ความลึกซึ้ง derinlik 深遠，深厚 глибина, глибочінь گہرائي tính uyên thâm 深远，深厚

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