Great Depression

proper noun

A major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Great Depression
  1. historicalbusinessA major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.

    For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.

    2012 October 24, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
depression

Translations

Arabic الْكَسَاد الْعَظِيم
  • الْكَسَاد الْعَظِيم (al-kasād al-ʕaẓīm)economic collapse
Catalan Gran Depressió
  • Gran Depressióeconomic collapse
Chinese Mandarin 大蕭條 /大萧条
  • 大蕭條 /大萧条 (Dàxiāotiáo)economic collapse
Danish Depressionen, Store Depression
  • Depressioneneconomic collapse
  • Store Depressioneconomic collapse
  • depressionen i trediverneeconomic collapse
Finnish suuri lama
  • suuri lamaeconomic collapse
French Grande Dépression
  • Grande Dépressioneconomic collapse
German Weltwirtschaftskrise
  • Weltwirtschaftskriseeconomic collapse
Greek Μεγάλη Ύφεση
  • Μεγάλη Ύφεση (Megáli Ýfesi)economic collapse
Hindi महामंदी
  • महामंदी (mahāmandī)economic collapse
Hungarian nagy gazdasági világválság
  • nagy gazdasági világválságeconomic collapse
Icelandic Kreppan mikla
  • Kreppan miklaeconomic collapse
Indonesian Depresi Besar
  • Depresi Besareconomic collapse
Japanese 世界恐慌, 大恐慌
  • 世界恐慌 (sekaikyōkō)economic collapse
  • 大恐慌 (daikyōkō)economic collapse
Korean 대공황
  • 대공황 (daegonghwang)economic collapse
Polish wielki kryzys
  • wielki kryzyseconomic collapse
Portuguese Grande Depressão
  • Grande Depressãoeconomic collapse
Russian Вели́кая депре́ссия
  • Вели́кая депре́ссия (Velíkaja depréssija)economic collapse
Spanish Gran Depresión
  • Gran Depresióneconomic collapse
Tagalog Malawakang Depresyon
  • Malawakang Depresyoneconomic collapse
Vietnamese Đại khủng hoảng
  • Đại khủng hoảngeconomic collapse
Welsh Dirwasgiad Mawr
  • Dirwasgiad Mawreconomic collapse
Cite this entry
APA

Great Depression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Depression

MLA

“Great Depression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Depression. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Great Depression,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Great%20Depression.

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