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Definition of Great Depression
1. Noun. The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s.
2. Noun. A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment.
Definition of Great Depression
1. Proper noun. (economics business finance) A major economic collapse that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Depression
Literary usage of Great Depression
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1850)
"Five cases of great depression of the pulse" are noticed by Pereira ; but he does
not say whether the depression was in the rate or the force. Акт. VI. ..."
2. The Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula by Carl Ritter, William Leonard Gage (1866)
"THE Great Depression OF THE JORDAN VALLEY; THE RIVER SYSTEM ITSELF, AND ITS BASIN.
FS our preliminary sketch has made us sufficiently acquainted with the ..."
3. Southern Appalachians: A History of the Landscape by Susan Yarnell (1999)
"Great Depression and New Deal Federal land acquisitions contributed to the decline
of farm acreage and population in counties where they were made, ..."
4. Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania: A Connected and Chronological Record of the by Alexander Kelly McClure (1905)
"Hooker's Brilliant Strategy in Crossing the Rappahannock to Meet Lee When Hesitation
Lost Him the Battle—The Story of Hooker's Wounds—Great Depression Among ..."
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