de • par • ture / di ' part/sr / noun

[ count, noncount ]

leaving a place

Arrivals and departures are shown on the screen. Passengers should check in at least one hour before departure. ANTONYM arrival

de.pend Ф / di 'pend / verb ( le • pends , de • pend • ing ,de•pend ed ) depend on someone or something

1 to trust someone; to feel sure that someone or something will do what you want

I know I can depend on my friends to help me.

2 to need someone or something

She still depends on her parents for money because she doesn't have a job. it depends ; that depends

words that you use to show that something is not certain I don't know whether I'll see him. It depends what time he gets here.

"Can you lend me some money?" "That depends. How much do you want?"

de • pend • a • ble / di pendэbl / adjective

that can be trusted

The bus service is usually very dependable. -SYNONYM reliable

de • pend • ence / di ' pendэns / noun

[ noncount ]

the state of needing someone or something

The country is trying to reduce its dependence on imported

oil.

—ANTONYM independence

de pend ent1 / di ' pendэnt / noun [ count ]

a person, especially a child, who depends on another person for a home, food, money, etc.

de • pend • ent 2 / di ' pendэnt / adjective

If you are dependent on someone or something, you need them

A baby is completely dependent on its parents. —ANTONYM independent

de • port / di ' port / verb ( de . ports , de . port . ing , de . port . ed )

( politics ) to force someone to leave a country Many illegal immigrants were deported. de por ta tion / |dipor' tei/n / noun [ count, noncount ]

After being arrested, she faced deportation.

de pos it1 / di 'pa23t / noun [ count ]

money that you pay to show that you want something and that you will pay the rest later

We paid a deposit on the car.

extra money that you pay when you rent something. You get it back if you do not damage or lose what you have rented

If you damage the apartment, they'll keep your deposit.

money that you pay into a bank I'd like to make a deposit, please.

de • pos • it 2 / di ' pa^t / verb

( de . pos its , de . pos . it . ing , de . pos . it . ed )

to put something somewhere to keep it safe The money was deposited in the bank.

de pot / ' dipou / noun [ count ]

a place where a lot of goods or vehicles are stored a bus depot

de • press AWL / di 'pres / verb ( de . press . es , de . press . ing , de . pressed )

to make someone feel sad

This wet weather really depresses me.

►de • press • ing AWL / di 'presig / adjective

That movie about the war was very depressing.

de • pressed aw / di ' prest /

very unhappy for a long period of time He's been very depressed since he lost his job.

de . pres . sion © [ J / diprejh / noun

[ noncount ] ( health ) a feeling of being unhappy, which lasts for a long time

She often suffers from depression.

[ count, noncount ] ( business ) a time when a country's economy is bad and many people do not have a job

the Great Depression of the 1930s

Look at recession .

de • prive / di praiv / verb

( de prives , de . priv ing , de . prived )

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