Profound
adjective
Very great.
There was a profound silence as everyone waited for the announcement.
Often appears as...
- profound change
- profound impact
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Approving
adjective
Having or showing deep understanding or knowledge.
She has profound knowledge of the subject.
Often appears as...
- profound knowledge
- profound understanding
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Approving
adjective
Very deep, not just near the surface.
He is in a profound sleep.
Often appears as...
- profound sleep
- profound depth
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Informal
adjective
Severe or extreme.
The city was causing profound environmental damage.
Often appears as...
- profound damage
- profound implications
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Disapproving
adjective
Very great.
There was a profound silence as everyone waited for the announcement.
Often appears as...
- profound change
- profound impact
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Having or showing deep understanding or knowledge.
She has profound knowledge of the subject.
Often appears as...
- profound knowledge
- profound understanding
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Very deep, not just near the surface.
He is in a profound sleep.
Often appears as...
- profound sleep
- profound depth
Usage tips
Informal
adjective
Severe or extreme.
The city was causing profound environmental damage.
Often appears as...
- profound damage
- profound implications
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Extent of Effect
Use 'profound' to describe something with a significant and widespread impact.
His innovation had a profound effect on the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Depth
'Profound' can express deep emotions or a strong, often soul-stirring, experience.
She felt a profound sense of loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Surface Level
Indicates that the greatness or importance is not superficial but very deep and substantial.
The book offers profound insights into human behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Extent of Effect
Use 'profound' to describe something with a significant and widespread impact.
His innovation had a profound effect on the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Depth
'Profound' can express deep emotions or a strong, often soul-stirring, experience.
She felt a profound sense of loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Surface Level
Indicates that the greatness or importance is not superficial but very deep and substantial.
The book offers profound insights into human behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Extent of Effect
Use 'profound' to describe something with a significant and widespread impact.
His innovation had a profound effect on the industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Depth
'Profound' can express deep emotions or a strong, often soul-stirring, experience.
She felt a profound sense of loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Surface Level
Indicates that the greatness or importance is not superficial but very deep and substantial.
The book offers profound insights into human behavior.
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talk so I kind of I responded to the response and was like wow I had a nerve what's the nerve I kind of wanted to explore it my own gut when I had the tote was that you were actually there was you were tapping into something that might that goes very profoundly into the future of work may look like like the way the way that many people are paid in the future the future is going
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What light can teach us...
Humans have been discussing these questions for as long as they've been around without ever reaching much agreement. Today, cosmologists are working hard to find the answers. But how can anyone hope to find concrete answers to such profound questions? And how is it possible to explore and study something as huge as the universe, most of which we'll never be able to reach?
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I've never seen before in any other form of media. And it can change people's perception of each other. And that's how I think virtual reality has the potential to actually change the world.
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
who asked a very simple but profound question. He said, "Is the robot real?" Now, everyone else had assumed it was, and we knew it was, because we were working with it. But I knew what he meant, because it would be possible
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What "Orwellian" really...
spending much of his life fighting against anti-democratic forces of both the left-wing and the right. But he was also deeply concerned with how such ideologies proliferate. And one of his most profound insights
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Why are we so attached...
observed something profound about human nature. Our sense of ownership emerges incredibly early. Why are we so clingy? There's a well-established phenomenon in psychology known as the endowment effect
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
They had profound intellectual disabilities. They didn't talk. But most of all, they were extraordinarily isolated from the world around them, from their environment and from the people.
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Bizarre Alien Life Forms...
long but the profound question is is life or non-life once we have the microbial we have the potential for intelligence but if we don't have a life-form at all we don't have the
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
I've learned some of my most important life lessons from drug dealers and gang members and prostitutes, and I've had some of my most profound theological conversations
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Tracking Bluefin Tuna PIPE...
home but our way of life is breaking down the natural world the impact so profound we have become a force of nature and our destruction is not limited to
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Is pop art art? PIPE Amanda...
talk so I kind of I responded to the response and was like wow I had a nerve what's the nerve I kind of wanted to explore it my own gut when I had the tote was that you were actually there was you were tapping into something that might that goes very profoundly into the future of work may look like like the way the way that many people are paid in the future the future is going
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What light can teach us...
Humans have been discussing these questions for as long as they've been around without ever reaching much agreement. Today, cosmologists are working hard to find the answers. But how can anyone hope to find concrete answers to such profound questions? And how is it possible to explore and study something as huge as the universe, most of which we'll never be able to reach?
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I've never seen before in any other form of media. And it can change people's perception of each other. And that's how I think virtual reality has the potential to actually change the world.
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
who asked a very simple but profound question. He said, "Is the robot real?" Now, everyone else had assumed it was, and we knew it was, because we were working with it. But I knew what he meant, because it would be possible
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What "Orwellian" really...
spending much of his life fighting against anti-democratic forces of both the left-wing and the right. But he was also deeply concerned with how such ideologies proliferate. And one of his most profound insights
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Why are we so attached...
observed something profound about human nature. Our sense of ownership emerges incredibly early. Why are we so clingy? There's a well-established phenomenon in psychology known as the endowment effect
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
They had profound intellectual disabilities. They didn't talk. But most of all, they were extraordinarily isolated from the world around them, from their environment and from the people.
Video examples
Bizarre Alien Life Forms...
long but the profound question is is life or non-life once we have the microbial we have the potential for intelligence but if we don't have a life-form at all we don't have the
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
I've learned some of my most important life lessons from drug dealers and gang members and prostitutes, and I've had some of my most profound theological conversations
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Tracking Bluefin Tuna PIPE...
home but our way of life is breaking down the natural world the impact so profound we have become a force of nature and our destruction is not limited to
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I do realise and understand very well on a profound level how lucky I am and what a privileged position it is and what it's done ultimately for me, my family and my kids. But at the same time, there are moments in a man's life when you just kind of want to feel somewhat normal.
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Barack Obama
American President
What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history.
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Gene Fowler
American Journalist
He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
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Kerry Kennedy
American Activist
Those who suffer profoundly are granted profound wisdom.
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Jeff Rich
American Explorer
There are very few profound sayings in the world.
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Fareed Zakaria
American Journalist
The world is changing very profoundly.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I do realise and understand very well on a profound level how lucky I am and what a privileged position it is and what it's done ultimately for me, my family and my kids. But at the same time, there are moments in a man's life when you just kind of want to feel somewhat normal.
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Barack Obama
American President
What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history.
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Gene Fowler
American Journalist
He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
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Kerry Kennedy
American Activist
Those who suffer profoundly are granted profound wisdom.
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Jeff Rich
American Explorer
There are very few profound sayings in the world.
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Fareed Zakaria
American Journalist
The world is changing very profoundly.
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