D — The school dictionary · page 41 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12departTo leave, especially to start a journey.11 sentencesdepartedLeft a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15).12 sentencesdepartingDeparting means leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains, buses and planes.8 sentencesdepartmentA department is one part of a big organisation, such as a school, company, shop or government, that deals with one kind of work: the scien…10 sentencesdepartureThe act of leaving a place, especially to begin a journey.11 sentencesdependTo depend on something means to change according to it: the answer depends on the numbers.11 sentencesdependencyRelying on someone or something to survive, cope or work: «the baby's dependency on its parents».10 sentencesdependentNeeding someone or something for support, help or money: «Babies are dependent on their parents.».13 sentencesdepictTo depict something means to show it in a picture, painting, statue or film.9 sentencesdepictionA depiction is a picture, description or performance that shows what someone or something is like.9 sentencesdepleteTo use up a large amount of something so that there is much less left: «Overfishing has depleted fish stocks».7 sentencesdepletedReduced in amount so that there is not much left; used up: «depleted supplies».9 sentencesdepletionDepletion is when something gets used up so that there is much less of it left.8 sentencesdeployTo deploy soldiers, ships or equipment is to send them to a place, ready to be used.10 sentencesdeploymentSending soldiers, ships or equipment to a place so they are ready to act.11 sentencesdeportTo force someone to leave a country, usually because they are not allowed to live there or have broken the law.9 sentencesdeportationMaking a person leave a country by law, usually sending them back to the country they came from.8 sentencesdeposeTo remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force.9 sentencesdepositTo put money into a bank account.15 sentencesdepositionDeposition is when wind, water or ice drops sand, mud or stones it was carrying, building up new land such as beaches and deltas.12 sentencesdepositorA person who puts money into a bank account.8 sentencesdepotA depot is a large building or yard where goods, vehicles or supplies are kept until they are needed.11 sentencesdepreciationThe loss of value of something as it gets older or is used, like a car being worth less each year.10 sentencesdepressTo depress someone is to make them feel very sad and without hope.9 sentencesdepressedVery sad and without hope, often for a long time.12 sentencesdepressionDepression is an illness of the mind that makes a person feel very sad, empty, tired or hopeless for a long time, much more than ordinary…10 sentencesdepriveTo deprive someone of something is to take it away or not let them have it.8 sentencesdeprivedDeprived means not having enough of the things people need for a good life, such as money, food, good homes or schools.10 sentencesdepthDepth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top.12 sentencesdeputationA deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others.4 sentencesdeputyA deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed.5 sentencesderailWhen a train derails, its wheels come off the rails.9 sentencesderbyA derby is a sports match between two local teams from the same city or area, which is often very exciting.12 sentencesderisionUnkind laughter or comments that show you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking.9 sentencesderisiveShowing that you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking: «a derisive laugh».9 sentencesderisivelyIn a way that mocks someone and shows you think they are silly, weak or wrong.4 sentencesderivableDerivable means able to be worked out, obtained or traced from something else.7 sentencesderivationThe derivation of a word is where it comes from and how it was made, for example from Latin or from another English word.10 sentencesderiveTo derive something from something is to get it from there: to derive pleasure from reading.13 sentencesderivedComing from or made from something else (a word derived from Latin).10 sentencesdermalDermal means to do with the skin.7 sentencesdermatitisDermatitis is a condition where the skin becomes red, itchy, sore or swollen, often because something irritates it or the body reacts to it.7 sentencesdermisThe thick inner layer of the skin, under the epidermis, which holds blood vessels, nerves, hair roots and sweat glands.7 sentencesderogatoryDerogatory words or comments show a low opinion of someone and are meant to insult or put them down.7 sentencesdervishA dervish is a holy man from certain Muslim groups, often in the Middle East or Asia, who lives simply and gives himself to prayer.4 sentencesdes«Des» means «some» before a plural noun: «des pommes» is «some apples».12 sentencesdesaltTo desalt something is to remove salt from it, such as seawater or salty food.7 sentencesdescendTo descend is to go or come down, or to move downwards.11 sentencesdescendantA person who comes later in the same family line: a child, grandchild, great-grandchild and so on.11 sentencesdescendantsYour descendants are your children, their children, their children's children and so on into the future.11 sentencesdescenderThe part of a lower-case letter that goes below the line, as in g, j, p, q and y; also a letter that has such a part.9 sentencesdescentA descent is a way or act of going down, like going down a hill, stairs or from the sky.10 sentencesdescribeTo say or write what someone or something is like: how it looks, sounds, feels, smells or behaves.11 sentencesdescriptionA description is words that tell what someone or something is likehow it looks, sounds, feels or behaves. — 11 sentencesdescriptorA word or phrase that describes something or tells you what kind of thing it is.9 sentencesdesertA desert (DEZ-ert) is a large area of land that gets very little rain, so few plants grow; it may be sandy, rocky, hot or cold.12 sentencesdeserveIf you deserve something, you should get it because of what you have done or what you are like.10 sentencesdeservedlyRightly, because someone has earned it or deserves it.4 sentencesdesiccateTo desiccate something is to remove all the water from it so it becomes completely dry.8 sentencesdesiccationThe process of drying something out completely, or the state of being very dry.8 sentencesdesignA design is a drawing or plan that shows how something will look or be made.12 sentencesdesignateTo choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose.10 sentencesdesignationA designation is a name, title or label given to something or someone.10 sentencesdesignedDesigned means planned and drawn before being made: she designed a poster.11 sentencesdesignerA designer is a person whose job is to plan how things will look or work, such as clothes, buildings, games or websites.8 sentencesdesirableDesirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive.9 sentencesdesirenoun.13 sentencesdesirousOld or formal: wanting very much to have or do something.4 sentencesdesistTo stop doing something, especially when told to: «desist from doing it».8 sentencesdeskA desk is a table where you sit to read, write or work, often with drawers.11 sentencesdesolateDesolate means empty and bare, with no people or life.5 sentencesdesolationDesolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living.5 sentencesdespairThe feeling of having lost all hope.10 sentencesdespairinglyIn a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope.4 sentencesdespatchTo despatch something is to send it off, especially a parcel, letter or message.11 sentencesdesperateFeeling that you have little hope and will do anything to change the situation.13 sentencesdesperatelyVery much, so much it hurts: she desperately wanted a puppy.12 sentencesdesperationDesperation is the feeling of having almost no hope, which makes you willing to try anything, even something risky.8 sentencesdespiseTo despise someone or something is to hate it or look down on it as worthless or wrong.4 sentencesdespisedTo despise someone or something is to dislike them very strongly and think they are worthless.9 sentencesdespisingHating or looking down on someone or something; the same sense as despise.4 sentencesdespiteDespite means without being stopped by something; even though something else is true.9 sentencesdespoilOld use: to rob a place or person of goods or treasure, often by force, and leave it damaged.4 sentencesdespoiledTo despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing.4 sentencesdespondTo despond is to lose hope and feel very low, as if nothing will ever go right.4 sentencesdespondencyDespondency is a feeling of low spirits and lost hope, being very sad and unwilling to try.7 sentencesdespondentVery sad and without hope, feeling that things will not get better.8 sentencesdespoticDespotic describes a ruler who has total power and uses it cruelly, without asking anyone else.4 sentencesdessertDessert is the sweet food eaten at the end of a meal, like ice cream, pudding, fruit or cake.8 sentencesdestinationA destination is the place someone or something is going to or being sent to.12 sentencesdestinedDestined means meant or fated to be something or to go somewhere, as if decided in advance.4 sentencesdestinyDestiny is what will happen to someone in the future, especially when it seems already decided by fate or a higher power.10 sentencesdestroyTo destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists.12 sentencesdestroyedDestroyed is the past form of destroy, which means to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used.11 sentencesdestructionDestruction is the act of destroying something so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists.11 sentencesdestructiveDestructive means causing a lot of damage or ruin.10 sentencesdetachTo separate one thing from another thing it is fixed to, as in «detach the coupon».10 sentencesdetachableDetachable means able to be removed and put back again.7 sentencesdetachedSeparated or taken off from something.10 sentencesdetachmentA detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job.5 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/page/4/