profound
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adjective
1.
penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
2.
originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being; profound grief.
3.
being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight.
4.
of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance: a profound book.
5.
pervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence.
noun Literary.
8.
something that is profound.
9.
the deep sea; ocean.
10.
depth; abyss.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | penetrating deeply into subjects or ideas: a profound mind |
| 2. | showing or requiring great knowledge or understanding: a profound treatise |
| 3. | situated at or extending to a great depth |
| 4. | reaching to or stemming from the depths of one's nature: profound regret |
| 5. | intense or absolute: profound silence |
| 6. | thoroughgoing; extensive: profound changes |
| —n | |
| 7. | archaic, literary or a great depth; abyss |
| [C14: from Old French profund, from Latin profundus deep, from | |
| pro'foundly | |
| —adv | |
| pro'foundness | |
| —n | |
| profundity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
profound
c.1300, "characterized by intellectual depth," from O.Fr. profund (late 12c.), from L. profundus "deep, bottomless, vast," also "obscure, profound," from pro- "forth" + fundus "bottom" (see fund (n.)). The literal and figurative senses both were in Latin, but English, already
having deep, primarily employed this word in its figurative sense.
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Example sentences
By nurturing the environments that nurtured them, they forged a profound interdependence with the natural world.
These observations may seem commonplace, but they are actually quite profound.
Our effects on their culture were profound and devastating.
Alongside all this, the effect on business also would be profound.
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