in-depth

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adjective
  1. extensive, thorough, or profound: an in-depth analysis of the problem.

  2. well-balanced or fully developed.

Origin of in-depth

1
First recorded in 1960–65

Words Nearby in-depth

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How to use in-depth in a sentence

  • An objective, realistic, and in-depth situational grasp will be essential to such an understanding.

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  • Most married couples desire, and hope for, the achievement we have called "relationship-in-depth."

  • As married couples we are here to engage together in communication-in-depth about relationship-in-depth.

British Dictionary definitions for in-depth

in-depth

adjective
  1. carefully worked out, detailed and thorough: an in-depth study

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Other Idioms and Phrases with in-depth

in-depth

Profoundly, thoroughly, as in It will take years to cover the entire subject in depth. [Mid-1900s]

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