different between depression vs alarm

English

Etymology

From Old French depression, from Latin depressio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??p????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??p???(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: de?pres?sion

Noun

depression (countable and uncountable, plural depressions)

1. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.

2. (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
3. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
4. (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
5. (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
6. (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.

7. The act of lowering or pressing something down.

   Depression of the lever starts the machine.

8. (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

Related terms

• depress
• depressant
• depressing
• depressive

Translations

See also

• downturn

Further reading

• National Bureau of Economic Research on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• depression at OneLook Dictionary Search
• depression in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• depression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• opensiders, personised, sideperson

Danish

Noun

depression c (singular definite depressionen, plural indefinite depressioner)

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Declension

Further reading

• “depression” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

depression

1. Genitive singular form of depressio.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

depression c

1. depression (all meanings).

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• alarum

Etymology

From Middle English alarme, alarom, borrowed from Middle French alarme, itself from Old Italian all'arme! (“to arms!, to the weapons!”), ultimately from Latin arma (“arms, weapons”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l??m/
• Hyphenation: alarm
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Noun

alarm (countable and uncountable, plural alarms)

1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

   • Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.
3. A sudden attack; disturbance.
4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
5. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

6. An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• tocsin

Verb

alarm (third-person singular simple present alarms, present participle alarming, simple past and past participle alarmed)

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1. (transitive) To call to arms for defense
2. (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
3. (transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
4. (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
5. (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• alarm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• LRAAM, Lamar, Marla, malar, marla, ramal

Albanian

Etymology

From French alarme (“alarm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ala?m/

Noun

alárm m (indefinite plural alárme, definite singular alármi, definite plural alármet)

1. (army) alarm

   Synonym: kushtrim

2. (figuratively) anxiety

   Synonym: shqetësim

Declension

Derived terms

• alarmim m (gerund)
• alarmoj (active)
• alarmohem (passive)
• alarmonjës
• alarmuar (participle)
• alarmues m
• alarmuese f

Further reading

• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, ?ISBN, page 32 (noun alárm/alarm)
• [1] m. noun alárm/alarm (engl. alarm) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?alarm]

Noun

alarm m

1. alarm

Related terms

• alarmismus
• alarmista
• alarmistický
• alarmní

Further reading

• alarm in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• alarm in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
• alarm in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian all' arme (“to arms”), allarme; cf. also French alarme. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??l?rm/
• Hyphenation: alarm
• Rhymes: -?rm

Noun

alarm n (plural alarmen, diminutive alarmpje n)

1. alarm

Derived terms

Related terms

• alarmeren

Anagrams

• Almar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian all' arme (“to arms”) and allarme, via French alarme

Noun

alarm m (definite singular alarmen, indefinite plural alarmer, definite plural alarmene)

1. an alarm

Derived terms

References

• “alarm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian all' arme (“to arms”) and allarme, via French alarme

Noun

alarm m (definite singular alarmen, indefinite plural alarmar, definite plural alarmane)

1. an alarm

Derived terms

References

• “alarm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French alarme, from Italian all'arme (“to arms”). Cf. French alarme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.larm/

Noun

alarm m inan

1. alarm
2. The state of being alerted

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• alarm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French alarme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?larm/
• Hyphenation: a?larm

Noun

àlarm m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. alarm

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “alarm” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal