Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having, showing, or requiring great insight or understanding.
- adjective Deeply felt or held; intense.
- adjective Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- adjective Unqualified or unbroken.
- adjective Situated at, extending to, or coming from a great depth; deep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cause to sink deeply; cause to penetrate far down.
- To penetrate.
- To dive; penetrate.
- Deep; descending or being far below the surface, or far below the adjacent places; having great depth.
- Specifically — In anatomy, deep-seated; not superficial: specifically applied to several structures, as arteries and muscles. See
profunda . - In entomology, strongly impressed; very deep and distinct: as, profound punctures, striæ, or indentations.
- Coming from a great depth; deepfetched.
- Bending low; hence, lowly; humble; exhibiting or expressing deep humility: as, a profound bow.
- Intellectually deep; entering deeply into subjects; not superficial or obvious; deep in knowledge or skill; penetrating.
- Characterized by magnitude or intensity; deep-felt; intense; great.
- Deep-seated; thorough; complete.
- Deep in skill or contrivance.
- Having hidden qualities; obscure; abstruse.
- noun A deep, immeasurable space; an abyss.
- noun The deep; the sea; the ocean: with the definite article.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The deep; the sea; the ocean.
- noun An abyss.
- adjective Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
- adjective Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough
- adjective Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed.
- adjective Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
- intransitive verb obsolete To dive deeply; to penetrate.
- transitive verb obsolete To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Descending farbelow thesurface ;opening orreaching to a greatdepth ;deep . - adjective Very deep; very serious
- adjective
Intellectually deep; entering far intosubjects ; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch oflearning ;thorough ; as, a profound investigation ortreatise ; a profoundscholar ; profoundwisdom . - adjective Characterized by
intensity ; deeply felt;pervading ;overmastering ;far-reaching ; stronglyimpressed ; as, a profound sleep. - adjective Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep
humility ;lowly ;submissive ; as, a profound bow. - noun obsolete The deep; the
sea ; theocean . - noun obsolete An
abyss . - verb obsolete To cause to
sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. - verb obsolete To dive deeply; to
penetrate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
- adjective showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
- adjective situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
- adjective (of sleep) deep and complete
- adjective of the greatest intensity; complete
- adjective coming from deep within one
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the introduction to Yale University Press's catalog of the show, the Whitney's director Adam Weinberg identifies what he calls a "profound sense of pathos" in Ms. Levine's work.
Duchamp Redux Richard B. Woodward 2011
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A key to this social transformation is in how we look at vulnerability, which I define as a profound openness.
Birute Regine: The Power of Vulnerability Birute Regine 2010
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When the patient has been cooled to what we call profound hypothermia, the bypass machine is turned off for the duration of circulatory arrest.
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The review says when it comes to planning evacuations like the one you see here, there is what they call profound concern.
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Well, it ` s not too much to think that a father could do this to his wife and daughter because he had what we call a profound detachment disorder.
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"To Morgan, what matters are not the delays in her dream of space, but the lessons others can draw from her story: the importance of setting goals and persevering, as well as what she calls a profound need to teach young people about the universe and excite enough of them to make it a career."
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President Barack Obama is praising what he calls the "profound" relationship between the United States and Honduras.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Kenneth Ramseur, blasted what he called the "profound audacity" of the cop's suit.
NY Daily News JOHN MARZULLI 2011
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The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for what they called his profound impact on popular music and American culture.
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Mary Robinson, a former president of Ireland, detects glimmers of hope in eastern Congo and what she calls a profound change of mood in the relationship between Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame, the presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda respectively.
CFR.org - 2009
mattaustin commented on the word profound
I found this word in an article called " The Path of the Drifter" by Nathan Myers. It is used in the sentence as followed, " Theres something profound going on here."
September 22, 2010