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SAFE: You can deposit your valuables in the hotel safe. → see also DEPOSITOR, SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX 4 to pay (money) that will be returned later if certain conditions are kept: Tenants are usually required to deposit £100 with the agent, in case of damage or default.
de·posit² n 1 [C;U] a) matter that has been deposited in rock by a natural process: There are rich deposits of gold in those hills. b) matter that has been deposited by liquid: salt deposits | too much deposit in a bottle of wine 2 [C] an act of placing money in a bank or SAFE: I'd like to make a deposit please. I a deposit box 3 [C usually sing.] the first part of a payment for goods or service, as a sign that the payment will be completed: The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings. | We put down a deposit on a new car today. → compare DOWN PAYMENT 4 [C usually sing.,] money paid at the beginning of a business agreement, to be held in case the agreement is not kept: You may have to pay a deposit to open an electricity account, but if you pay your bills promptly they won't keep it. | When you return the bottle we'll return your deposit. | to put down a deposit of £100 on a new car
de·posit ac,count n especially BrE a bank account which earns interest and from which money can usually be taken out only if advance notice is given → compare CHECKING ACCOUNT, CURRENT ACCOUNT, SAVINGS ACCOUNT
dep·o·si·tion /depə'zɪʃən, di:-/ n 1 [U] the act of deposing (DEPOSE) someone from a position of power 2 [C;U] law (the act of making) a solemn statement to a court of law
de·pos·i·tor /di'pɒzɪtəʳ||di'pɑ:-/ n a person who DEPOSITS money in a bank account
de·pos·i·to·ry /di'pɒzɪtəri||di'pɑ:zɪstɔ:ri/ n a person or place that keeps things safely stored
dep·ot /depəʊ||di:pəʊ/ n 1 a storehouse for goods 2 a place where military stores are kept, and where new soldiers are trained 3 a) AmE a railway station or bus station, especially a small one b) a place where buses are kept and repaired; a bus garage
Depp, Johnny /dep/ (1963-) a US actor, known especially for playing unusual characters in films such as Ed Wood (1994), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999), and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
de·prave /di'preiv/ v [T] to make evil in character: The judge described the rapist as a vicious and depraved man. | Do you believe that these films are likely to deprave and corrupt young people? —pravation /deprə'veɪʃ ən/ n [U] —pravity /di'prævɪti/ n [C;U]
dep·re·cate /'deprɪˌkeɪt/ v [T not in progressive forms] fml to express disapproval of (an action etc); DEPLORE: We strongly deprecate the use of violence by the strikers. —catingly adv —cation /ˌdeprɪˈkeɪʃən/ n [U]
dep·re·ca·to·ry /'deprɪkeɪtərɪl-kətɔ:ri/ adj 1 trying to prevent disapproval; APOLOGETIC: He admitted his mistake with a deprecatory smile. 2 expressing disapproval; deprecating
de·pre·ci·ate /di'pri:ʃieɪt/ v 1 [l] to fall in value: The car's value will depreciate by about £2000 in the first year. → opposite APPRECIATE 2 [T] fml to represent as of little value; DENIGRATE: We must not depreciate the work she has done. —ation /ˌdipri:ʃi'eɪʃən/ n [U]
de·pre·ci·a·to·ry /di'pri:ʃiəril-ʃətɔ:ri/ adj tending to DEPRECIATE: depreciatory remarks
dep·re·da·tion /ˌdeprˈdeɪʃən/ n [usually pl.] fml an act of destroying or ruining: Not a single village escaped the depredations of war.
de·press /di'pres/ v [T] 1 to cause to feel sad and without hope; discourage: The thought of having to take the exam again depressed me. 2 to make less active or strong; cause to sink: The threat of war has depressed business activity. 3 fml to press down: Depress this button to rewind the tape.
de·pressed /di'prest/ adj 1 a) low in spirits; sad and without hope b) suffering from DEPRESSION: You look rather depressed. | She's very depressed about her exam results at the moment. | He's been depressed for several months now. 2 suffering from low levels of business activity, high unemployment etc: depressed areas of the country 3 flattened, especially with the central part lower than the edges
de·press·ing /di'presɪŋ/ adj causing sadness or discouragement; GLOOMY: depressing news | What a depressing film! —ly adv
de·pres·sion /di'preʃən/ n 1 [C;U] a) a feeling of sadness and hopelessness b) a mental disorder during which people suffer from great sadness, unnatural tiredness and unwillingness to do anything, difficulty in thinking etc: He suffers from acute depression. 2 [C] a long period of seriously reduced business activity and high unemployment → compare RECESSION; see also GREAT DEPRESSION 3 [C] a part of a surface which is lower than the other parts: The rain collected in several depressions on the ground. 4 [C] tech an area where the pressure of the air is low in the centre and higher towards the outside: A depression over the Atlantic usually brings bad weather in Britain.
Depression, the → see GREAT DEPRESSION, THE
de·pres·sive¹ /di'presɪv/ adj often feeling DEPRESSED
depressive² n [C] someone who suffers from DEPRESSION
dep·ri·va·tion /ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃ ən/ n 1 [U] the act of depriving or state of being deprived 2 [C] a lack or loss: The refugees suffered terrible deprivations.
de·prive /di'praɪv/ v
deprive sbdy. of sthg. phr v [T] to take away from; prevent from using or having (something thought to be necessary or a right): This law will deprive us of our most basic rights. | The railways have been deprived of the money they need for modernization.
de·prived /di'praɪvd/ adj without the food, money, and comfortable living conditions considered necessary for a reasonable life in Western society: deprived children | a deprived childhood
de·pro·gram /ˌdi'prəʊgræm/ v AmE [T] to bring (a person) back to an earlier way of thinking, especially after they have been persuaded strongly and continuously into following and obeying a religious CULT
dept, Dept written abbrev. for DEPARTMENT
depth /depθ/ n [C usually sing.;U] 1 the state or degree of being deep: What is the depth of this lake? | We dived to a depth of 30 feet. 2 the quality of being deep in feeling, understanding etc: They underestimated the depth of public feeling on this issue. 3 out of/beyond one's depth a) in water that is deeper than one's height b) beyond one's ability to understand: I'm out of my depth in this argument. 4 in depth /ˌ '··/ going beneath the surface appearance of things; done with great thoroughness: We studied the situation in depth. | an in-depth study → see also DEPTHS 5 sink to the depths to lose all your moral judgment and do things that are extremely bad: Our communist state was sinking to the depths of fascist barbarity. | I can't believe he could sink to those depths. I mean, it must be pretty bad to be stealing from your own family.
'depth ,charge also 'depth ,bomb n a bomb that explodes at a certain depth under water, used for attacking SUBMARINES
depths /depθs/ n [the P] the deepest, most central, or worst part of something: in the depths of the ocean | in the depths of winter of despair | According to the latest opinion polls, the government has plumbed new depths (=reached a new low level) of unpopularity.
dep·u·ta·tion /ˌdepjʊˈteɪʃən/ n [C+sing./pl. v] a group of people who are sent somewhere (e.g. to a meeting) as representatives of a larger group: A deputation from the railwaymen's union has/have gone to have talks with the Prime Minister.
de·pute /di'pju:t/ v [T+obj+to+v] fml to appoint (someone) to do something instead of oneself: I've been deputed to take charge of the shop while she's away at the conference.
depute sthg. to sbdy. phr v [T] fml to give (part of one's job) to (someone else); DELEGATE to: She's deputed the running of the shop to me while she's away at the conference.
dep·u·tize also -tise BrE /'depjʊtaɪz/ v [I(for)] to act as a deputy: Who's going to deputize for you when you're on holiday?
dep·u·ty /'depjʊti/ n 1 a person, especially one who is next in rank to the person in command, who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away: John will be my deputy while I am away. | the deputy-headmistress of the school 2 a member of the lower house of parliament in certain countries, such as France 3 (in the US) a person who has been appointed to help a SHERIFF