deepening

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noun

The act of becoming deeper.

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thickeningintensifying
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of deepen
noundeepening (plural deepenings)

plural deepenings

  1. The act of becoming deeper.

    Further examples of the same effect could be seen in sudden deepenings of depressions over the warmer than normal eastern Atlantic in the 1968-9 winter: the consequence was interruptions of the cold weather prevailing in Britain […]

    1972, H. H. Lamb, Climate: Present, Past and Future, volume 1, page 408
adjectivedeepening (comparative more deepening, superlative most deepening)

comparative more deepening · superlative most deepening

    Synonyms & antonyms

    adjectiveaccumulating and becoming more intense

    Similar
    thickeningintensifying
    Also see
    intensifyingthickening

    Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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    APA

    deepening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deepening

    MLA

    “deepening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deepening. Accessed November 2, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deepening,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deepening.

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