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to stop someone or something from having something The prisoners were deprived of food. ► dep • ri • va • tion / |depre ' vei/n / noun [noncount]

people suffering from sleep deprivation

de • prived / di praivd / adjective

not having enough of the basic things in life such as food, money, etc.

She came from a deprived background. depth / dep9 / noun

[ count, noncount ] how deep something is; how far it is from the top of something to the bottom

What is the depth of the swimming pool? The hole was 6 feet in depth.

Look at the picture at dimension .

[ noncount ] the amount of emotion, knowledge, etc. a person has

the depth of his feelings for her The adjective is deep .

dep • u • ty / ' depyэti / noun [ count ] ( plural dep . u . ties )

the person in a company, school, etc., who does the work of the leader when they are not there the deputy chief of police

de • riv • a • tive AWB / 1э ' пуэьу / noun

[count]

( english language arts ) a word that is made from another word

"Happiness" is a derivative of "happy."

de • riveAWB / di ' raiv / verb

( de rives , de . riv ing , de . rived )

be derived from something to come or develop from

something

The name "Los Angeles" is derived from the Spanish word for angels.

de • scend / di send / verb ( de scends, de scend . ing ,de . scend ed )

( formal )

to go down

The plane started to descend. —ANTONYM ascend

be descended from someone

to have someone as a relative in the past He claims he is descended from royalty.

de • scen•dant / di ' sendэnt /

[count]

Your descendants are your children, your children's children (called grandchildren ) and everyone in your family who lives after you

She claims to be a descendant of George Washington.

de • scent / di sent / noun [ count ]

going down

The plane began its descent into Newark Airport.

de .scribe Ф / di skraib / verb

( de • scribes , de • scrib • ing , de • scribed )

to say what someone or something is like or what happened Can you describe the man you saw? She described the accident to the police.

de .scrip .tion Ф /disknpjn/ noun

[ count, noncount ]

words that tell what someone or something is like or what happened

I gave the police a description of the thief.

des . ert 1 Ф / 'dezsrt / noun

[ count, noncount ]

Spelling

Remember! You spell desert with one S . ( geography ) a large, dry area of land with very few plants the Sahara Desert

de • sert2 / di ' zэrt / verb

( de • serts , de • sert ing , de • sert ed )

to leave a person or place when it is wrong to go He deserted his wife and children.

de • sert • ed / di ' zэrtэd / adjective

empty, because all the people have left At night the streets are deserted.

de .serve Ф /dizw verb

( de • serves , de • serv • ing , de • served )

to be good or bad enough to have something

You have worked very hard and you deserve a rest.

They stole money from the elderly, so they deserve to go to

prison.

de .sign 1 Ф/ dizain/ noun Pronunciation

The word design sounds like fine , because we don't say the letter g in this word.

[ noncount ] the way that something is planned, made, or arranged

The basic design of the car is similar to our earlier model.

[ count ] a drawing that shows how to make something Have you seen the designs for the new shopping center?

[ count ] a pattern of lines, shapes, and colors on something