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profound

/pɹəˈfaʊnd/

adjective1 of 3

showing a lot of deep knowledge or thought

  • “That incident had a profound effect on my life.”Tatoeba
  • “The most profound changes are internal, not external.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 3

The deep; the sea; the ocean.

verb3 of 3

To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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