DEEPENING
Dictionary entry overview: What does deepening mean? • DEEPENING (noun)
The noun DEEPENING has 1 sense:
1. a process of becoming deeper and more profound
Familiarity information: DEEPENING used as a noun is very rare.
• DEEPENING (adjective)
The adjective DEEPENING has 1 sense:
1. accumulating and becoming more intense
Familiarity information: DEEPENING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEEPENING (noun)
Meaning:
A process of becoming deeper and more profound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("deepening" is a kind of...):
development; evolution (a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage))
• DEEPENING (adjective)
Meaning:
Accumulating and becoming more intense
Synonyms:
deepening; thickening
Context examples:
the deepening gloom / felt a deepening love / the thickening dusk
Similar:
intensifying (increasing in strength or intensity)
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