ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dep

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dep is a noun meaning Clipping of department.

Meaning

Clipping of department.

More Meanings

  1. Clipping of deposit.
  2. Clipping of departure.
  3. (law, informal) A deposition.
  4. (informal) A deputy.
  5. (Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.
  6. (computing, informal) A dependency.
  7. (informal) To deputize.

Example Sentences

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.
[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.
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).

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