English Explanatory Dictionary

dep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of department.
noun
  1. Clipping of deposit.
  2. Clipping of departure.
  3. A deposition.
  4. A deputy.
  5. A dépanneur.
  6. A dependency.
verb
  1. To deputize.
verb
  1. depart or departs
  2. deposed
noun
  1. Initialism of delayed entry program.
  2. Initialism of data execution prevention.
name
  1. Initialism of Department of Environmental protection.

Word forms

dep deps dep. dép dép. depping depped

Etymology

Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930.

Related words

sensory dep sleep dep
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