dep
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930.[1]
Noun edit
dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)
- Short for department.
Etymology 2 edit
- Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep"
- Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)
- Short for deposit.
- Short for departure.
- (law, informal) A deposition.
- Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep.
- (informal) A deputy.
- 1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz:
- [A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us.
- (Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.
- (computing, informal) A dependency.
See also edit
Verb edit
dep (third-person singular simple present deps, present participle depping, simple past and past participle depped)
- (informal) To deputize.
- 2004, John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition, page 212:
- Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001).
Translations edit
Verb edit
dep
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dep m (plural deps)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dèp (base/imperative dep, active mengedep, passive didep)
- base/imperative form of mengedep
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dep” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
dep
- Alternative form of depe
Adverb edit
dep
- Alternative form of depe
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.
Noun edit
dep n (plural depuri)
- fallow land
Declension edit
Declension of dep