deepen
pronunciation
How to pronounce deepen in British English:
UK [ˈdi:pən]
How to pronounce deepen in American English:
US [ˈdipən]
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- Verb:
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- become more intense
- make deeper
- become deeper in tone
Word Origin
- deepen (v.)
- c. 1600, from deep (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Deepened; deepening. The earlier verb had been simply deep, from Old English diepan.
Example
- 1. Both countries naturally want to deepen their economic relationship .
- 2. Credit tightness and political indecisiveness will deepen the gloom .
- 3. This will deepen the beneficial effects by subconsciously inducing the desired behavior .
- 4. Their presence might also deepen and diversify china 's skittish financial markets .
- 5. Free flow of information about credit risk will deepen and widen capital-markets funding .