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    deepening
    [ˈdēp(ə)niNG]
    adjective
    deepening (adjective)
    1. becoming deeper:
      "a deepening crisis"
    deep·en
    [ˈdēpən]
    verb
    deepening (present participle)
    1. make or become deep or deeper:
      "the crisis deepened"
      • (of a weather system) decrease in barometric pressure. Compare with fill
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    1. make or become deep or deeper:
      grow
      increase
      intensify
      strengthen
      escalate
      mushroom
      snowball
      add to
      heighten
      reinforce
      enhance
      boost
      magnify
      amplify
      augment
      enrich
      promote
      encourage
      exacerbate
      aggravate
      inflame
      worsen
      step up
      dig out
      excavate
      make/become worse
      hot up
      make deeper
      dig deeper
      scoop out
      scrape out
      hollow out
       
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    1. Deepening can refer to123:
      • Making something deeper or more profound.
      • Becoming deeper or more profound.
      • Increasing or becoming darker.
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      : to make deep or deeper intransitive verb : to become deeper or more profound

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      deep•en (dē′ pən), v.t., v.i. to make or become deep or deeper: Larger ships will be able to navigate the river after the main channel is deepened. The shadows deepened toward late afternoon. Meteorology to decrease in atmospheric pressure: a deepening cyclone.

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      deepening adjective us / ˈdiː.p ə n.ɪŋ / uk / ˈdiː.p ə n.ɪŋ / Add to word list increasing or becoming darker: They felt a deepening sense of despair.

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      If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense. If this is not stopped, the financial crisis will deepen. [VERB] If anything, Sloan's uneasiness deepened. [VERB] Surviving tough times can …

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      What does it mean to deepen something?
      To deepen (transitive) makes something more sound or heavy. It can also (intransitive) mean to become more thorough or extensive, or to become more intimate. For example, 'For Giovanni too, the ties of blood deepen his desires to the point of a dangerous obsession'.

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      What does 'a deepening' mean in this context?
      Perhaps "a deepening" is a more accurate description. This arresting film is about a vivid process of reconstruction or recontextualisation, like finding a fragment of an Etruscan pot in the soil and imagining what the whole pot looked like, what the society that produced it looked like, and what the violence that destroyed it looked like.

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      What does it mean if a situation deepens?
      If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense. If this is not stopped, the financial crisis will deepen. To make or become deep, deeper, or more intense.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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      What does it mean when a sound deepens?
      When a sound deepens or is deepened, it becomes lower in tone. Her voice has deepened and coarsened with the years. [VERB] The music room had been made to reflect and deepen sounds. [VERB noun] When your breathing deepens, or you deepen it, you take more air into your lungs when you breathe. He heard her breathing deepen. [VERB]

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      When was deepening first used?
      The earliest known use of the noun deepening is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for deepening is from 1589, in a translation by Paul Ive, military engineer. deepening is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: deepen v., ‑ing suffix1.

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      What does 'deepening gloom' mean?
      The term 'deepening gloom' refers to an intensification of gloom or darkness. It can also be used figuratively to describe an increasing feeling of sadness or despair. For example, 'he felt a deepening love' or 'the thickening dusk'. Running from shoal water by the lead.

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      The act of becoming deeper. She knew the color was deepening in her cheeks. He stopped and faced her, frown deepening. Operations for removing the obstacles in the channel and for deepening and widening it were begun as …

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