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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • departure/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/nounB1+2 meaningsThe act or moment of leaving.
  • departure boardnounB1The screen listing flights and their times.
  • depend/dɪˈpɛnd/verbA2+2 meaningsTo need someone or something in order to manage.
  • dependant/dɪˈpɛndənt/nounC1Somebody who relies on another for support.
  • dependence/dɪˈpɛndəns/nounC1The state of needing something or somebody.
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Another piece of code your program needs to run.
  • depict/dɪˈpɪkt/verbC1To show or describe something in a picture or words.
  • depiction/dɪˈpɪkʃən/nounC1A showing of something in a picture or in words.
  • depilatory/dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/nounC2A cream that dissolves hair at the surface.
  • deplete/dɪˈpliːt/verbB2+To use up a supply until little is left.
  • depletion/dɪˈpliːʃən/nounC1The using up of a supply until little is left.
  • deplorable/dɪˈplɔːɹəbl̩/adjectiveC1So bad that it deserves open condemnation.
  • deplore/dɪˈploɹ/verbC1To feel and express strong disapproval.
  • deploy/dɪˈplɔɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo put new code where real users will meet it.
  • deployment/dɪˈplɔɪmənt/nounC1Sending people or equipment where they are needed.
  • deportation/diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/nounB2+Forcing a foreign national to leave the country.
  • depose/dɪˈpəʊz/verbC12 meaningsTo remove a ruler or leader from power.
  • deposit/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/nounB14 meaningsMoney paid up front and held until you pay the rest or bring the thing back.
  • deposition/ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/nounC12 meaningsSworn evidence taken down.
  • depot/ˈdɛpəʊ/nounB23 meaningsThe yard or building where buses, trains or lorries are kept, cleaned and repaired.
  • deprave/dɪˈpɹeɪv/verbC1To corrupt somebody morally.
  • depravity/dəˈpɹævɪti/nounC2Deep moral corruption.
  • deprecate/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/verbC2To express disapproval of something.
  • depredation/ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/nounC2Damage done by plundering or by nature.
  • depressed/dɪˈpɹɛst/adjectiveB22 meaningsFeeling very low in spirits for a long stretch.
  • depressing/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/adjectiveB2Making people feel low in spirits.
  • depression/dɪˈpɹɛʃən/nounB22 meaningsA lasting heaviness that drains meaning from things.
  • depressive/dɪˈpɹɛsɪv/adjectiveC2To do with long-lasting lowness of spirits.
  • deprivation/ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/nounC1The lack of what is needed for a decent life.
  • deprive/dɪˈpɹaɪv/verbC1To take away from somebody what they need.
  • depth/dɛpθ/nounB22 meaningsHow far something goes down from the surface.
  • depth of fieldnounC1How much of the scene in front and behind is sharp.
  • deputy/ˈdɛpjəti/nounB1The person who acts in place of the one in charge.
  • derailleur/dɪˈɹeɪl(j)ə/nounC1The mechanism that shifts the chain between gears.
  • derailmentnounC1A train coming off the rails.
  • derange/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To drive somebody out of their right mind.
  • deregulationnounC1The removal of rules that controlled an industry.
  • derelict/ˈdɛr.ə.lɪkt/adjectiveC22 meaningsAbandoned and falling down.
  • deride/dɪˈɹaɪd/verbC1To laugh at somebody with contempt.
  • derision/dɪˈɹɪʒən/nounC2Contemptuous mockery.
  • derisive/dɪˈɹaɪ.sɪv/adjectiveC2Showing open scorn.
  • derivative/dɪˈɹɪvətɪv/adjectiveC13 meaningsCopying too closely from earlier work.
  • derive/dɪˈɹaɪv/verbB2+3 meaningsTo get something from a particular source.
  • dermatologist/ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪst/nounB2+A doctor who specialises in skin.
  • derogatory/dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/adjectiveC1Meant to belittle somebody.
  • descaleverbC2To remove the hard chalky deposit left by water.
  • descend/dɪˈsɛnd/verbB25 meaningsTo move down from a higher place.
  • descend onphraseC1To arrive somewhere suddenly and in numbers.
  • descendant/dɪˈsɛndənt/nounB2+2 meaningsA person who comes after you in your family line.
  • descent/dɪˈsɛnt/nounC13 meaningsThe act of going down, or the route that leads down.
  • describe/dɪˈskɹaɪb/verbA2+3 meaningsTo say or write what someone or something is like.
  • description/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/nounA2+An account in words of what something is like.
  • descriptive/dəˈskɹɪptɪv/adjectiveB2Setting out in words what something is like.
  • descry/dɪˈskɹaɪ/verbC2To catch sight of something far off.
  • desecrate/ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/verbC1To treat a sacred place with violent disrespect.
  • desecration/dɛ.sɪˈkɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC1The violent disrespecting of something sacred.
  • desert/ˈdɛz.ət/nounA22 meaningsA huge dry area where almost no rain falls.
  • deserter/dɪˈzɜːtə(ɹ)/nounB2+A soldier who runs away from duty.
  • desertion/dɪˈzɜːʃən/nounC1The abandoning of a post, a duty or a person.
  • deserve/dɪˈzɜːv/verbA22 meaningsTo have earned something by what you have done.