DEP

Etymology 1

Noun

dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)

Short for department.

Etymology 2

Noun

dep (countable and uncountable, plural deps)

Short for deposit.

Short for departure.

(law, informal) A deposition.

(informal) A deputy.

(Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.

(computing, informal) A dependency.

Verb

dep (third-person singular simple present deps, present participle depping, simple past and past participle depped)

(informal) To deputize.

Verb

dep

depart or departs

deposed

Anagrams

• -ped, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, PED, Pde, ped

Noun

DEP (countable and uncountable, plural DEPs)

(US, military, countable) Initialism of delayed entry program.

(computing, uncountable) Initialism of data execution prevention.

Proper noun

DEP

Initialism of Department of Environmental protection.

Anagrams

• -ped, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, PED, Pde, ped

Source: Wiktionary



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