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dep¹

Where it comes from

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

noun deps

  1. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of department

dep²

Where it comes from

*Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep"

*Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep"

noun deps · dep. · dép · dép.

  1. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of deposit
  2. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of departure
  3. countable, informal, uncountable 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.
  4. countable, informal, uncountable A deputy. [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.
  5. Canada, Quebec, countable, informal, uncountable A dépanneur.
  6. countable, informal, uncountable A dependency.

verb deps · depping · depped · dep. · dép

  1. informal To deputize. 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).

verb dep. · dép · dép.

  1. depart or departs
  2. deposed

DEP³

noun DEPs

  1. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of delayed entry program A DEP allows a recruit to complete education before joining the military.
  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of data execution prevention

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Department of Environmental protection

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verb To deputize

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@misc{dep_2026,
  title = {dep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}