D
- depart verb (depart, departs, departed, departing)
1) (formal) To leave, especially to start a journey. 2) depart from: to do something different from what is usual or planned. 3)… - departed verb (past of «depart»: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departed); noun (the departed)
Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15). - departing verb (-ing form of depart: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departing)
Departing means leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains, buses and planes. - department noun (department, departments)
1) A department is one part of a big organisation, such as a school, company, shop or government, that deals with one kind of work: the… - departure noun (a departure, departures; also uncountable)
The act of leaving a place, especially to begin a journey. - depend verb (depend, depends, depended, depending)
To depend on something means to change according to it: the answer depends on the numbers. - dependency noun (a dependency, dependencies; also uncountable)
Relying on someone or something to survive, cope or work: «the baby's dependency on its parents». - dependent adjective (dependent, more dependent); noun (US: a dependent, dependents; UK also «dependant»)
Needing someone or something for support, help or money: «Babies are dependent on their parents.». - depict verb (depict, depicts, depicted, depicting)
To depict something means to show it in a picture, painting, statue or film. - depiction noun (depiction, depictions)
A depiction is a picture, description or performance that shows what someone or something is like. - deplete verb (deplete, depletes, depleted, depleting)
1) To use up a large amount of something so that there is much less left: «Overfishing has depleted fish stocks». - depleted adjective (depleted); past form of the verb deplete (deplete, depletes, depleted, depleting)
Reduced in amount so that there is not much left; used up: «depleted supplies». - depletion noun (depletion; usually no plural)
Depletion is when something gets used up so that there is much less of it left. - deploy verb (deploy, deploys, deployed, deploying)
To deploy soldiers, ships or equipment is to send them to a place, ready to be used. - deployment noun (a deployment, deployments; also uncountable)
Sending soldiers, ships or equipment to a place so they are ready to act. - deport verb (deport, deports, deported, deporting); noun (deportation)
To force someone to leave a country, usually because they are not allowed to live there or have broken the law. - deportation noun (deportation, deportations — countable and uncountable); verb: deport
Making a person leave a country by law, usually sending them back to the country they came from. - depose verb (depose, deposes, deposed, deposing)
To remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force. - deposit noun (a deposit, deposits); verb (deposit, deposits, deposited, depositing)
1) To put money into a bank account. 2) Money put into a bank account. 3) A part of the price paid first to keep or reserve something… - deposition noun (deposition, depositions)
Deposition is when wind, water or ice drops sand, mud or stones it was carrying, building up new land such as beaches and deltas. - depositor noun (a depositor, depositors)
1) A person who puts money into a bank account. 2) Someone who puts something down or leaves something somewhere for safe keeping. - depot noun (a depot, depots)
A depot is a large building or yard where goods, vehicles or supplies are kept until they are needed. - depreciation noun (uncountable; also a depreciation)
The loss of value of something as it gets older or is used, like a car being worth less each year. - depress verb (depress, depresses, depressed, depressing)
To depress someone is to make them feel very sad and without hope. - depressed adjective (depressed, more depressed); past form of verb depress (depress, depresses, depressed, depressing)
Very sad and without hope, often for a long time. - depression noun (depression, depressions)
1) Depression is an illness of the mind that makes a person feel very sad, empty, tired or hopeless for a long time, much more than… - deprive verb (deprive, deprives, deprived, depriving)
1) To deprive someone of something is to take it away or not let them have it. - deprived adjective (deprived, more deprived, most deprived); past form of verb deprive (deprive, deprives, deprived, depriving)
Deprived means not having enough of the things people need for a good life, such as money, food, good homes or schools. - depth noun (depth, depths)
Depth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top. - deputation noun (deputations)
A deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others. - deputy noun (deputies)
A deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed. - derail verb (derail, derails, derailed, derailing)
1) When a train derails, its wheels come off the rails. 2) To derail a plan or a conversation is to stop it going the way it should. - derby noun (derby, derbies)
A derby is a sports match between two local teams from the same city or area, which is often very exciting. - derision noun (derision — uncountable)
Unkind laughter or comments that show you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking. - derisive adjective (derisive, more derisive, most derisive)
Showing that you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking: «a derisive laugh». - derisively adverb (no other forms)
In a way that mocks someone and shows you think they are silly, weak or wrong. - derivable adjective (derivable)
1) (formal) Derivable means able to be worked out, obtained or traced from something else. - derivation noun (a derivation, derivations)
The derivation of a word is where it comes from and how it was made, for example from Latin or from another English word. - derive verb (derive, derives, derived, deriving)
To derive something from something is to get it from there: to derive pleasure from reading. - derived adjective (derived); past form of verb derive (derive, derives, derived, deriving)
Coming from or made from something else (a word derived from Latin). - dermal adjective (dermal; not compared)
1) (science) Dermal means to do with the skin. - dermatitis noun (dermatitis — uncountable)
Dermatitis is a condition where the skin becomes red, itchy, sore or swollen, often because something irritates it or the body reacts to it. - dermis noun (the dermis, uncountable)
1) (science) The thick inner layer of the skin, under the epidermis, which holds blood vessels, nerves, hair roots and sweat glands. - derogatory adjective
1) Derogatory words or comments show a low opinion of someone and are meant to insult or put them down. - dervish noun (dervishes)
A dervish is a holy man from certain Muslim groups, often in the Middle East or Asia, who lives simply and gives himself to prayer. - des article and preposition (French «des» = some / of the); name (Des, short for Desmond) — not an English word
«Des» means «some» before a plural noun: «des pommes» is «some apples». - desalt verb (desalt, desalts, desalted, desalting)
1) To desalt something is to remove salt from it, such as seawater or salty food. - descend verb (descend, descends, descended, descending)
To descend is to go or come down, or to move downwards. - descendant noun (a descendant, descendants)
A person who comes later in the same family line: a child, grandchild, great-grandchild and so on. - descendants noun, plural of descendant (a descendant, descendants)
Your descendants are your children, their children, their children's children and so on into the future. - descender noun (a descender, descenders)
The 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. - descent noun (a descent, descents; also uncountable)
A descent is a way or act of going down, like going down a hill, stairs or from the sky. - describe verb (describe, describes, described, describing); nouns: description, descriptive (adjective)
To say or write what someone or something is like: how it looks, sounds, feels, smells or behaves. - description noun (description, descriptions)
A description is words that tell what someone or something is like — how it looks, sounds, feels or behaves. - descriptor noun (a descriptor, descriptors)
A word or phrase that describes something or tells you what kind of thing it is. - desert noun (a desert, deserts) — said «DEZ-ert»; verb (desert, deserts, deserted, deserting) — said «di-ZURT»
A 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. - deserve verb (deserve, deserves, deserved, deserving)
If you deserve something, you should get it because of what you have done or what you are like. - deservedly adverb (no other forms)
Rightly, because someone has earned it or deserves it. - desiccate verb (desiccate, desiccates, desiccated, desiccating)
To desiccate something is to remove all the water from it so it becomes completely dry. - desiccation noun (uncountable)
1) The process of drying something out completely, or the state of being very dry. 2) The removal of water from food, soil or living things. - design noun (a design, designs; design — the activity); verb (design, designs, designed, designing)
A design is a drawing or plan that shows how something will look or be made. - designate verb (designate, designates, designated, designating); adjective (after a noun, formal: president-designate)
To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose. - designation noun (a designation, designations)
A designation is a name, title or label given to something or someone. - designed verb form (past and past participle of design: design, designs, designed, designing); adjective (well-designed, designed for)
Designed means planned and drawn before being made: she designed a poster. - designer noun (a designer, designers); adjective use (designer clothes)
A designer is a person whose job is to plan how things will look or work, such as clothes, buildings, games or websites. - desirable adjective (desirable, more desirable, most desirable)
1) Desirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive. 2) (formal) Desirable means advisable or a good idea. - desire noun (a desire, desires); verb (desire, desires, desired, desiring)
noun: A desire is a strong wish or longing for something. - desirous adjective (no comparative in use)
Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something. - desist verb (desist, desists, desisted, desisting)
1) (formal) To stop doing something, especially when told to: «desist from doing it». - desk noun (desk, desks)
A desk is a table where you sit to read, write or work, often with drawers. - desolate adjective (no comparative in use)
1) Desolate means empty and bare, with no people or life. 2) Desolate means sad and lonely, feeling that nothing is good. - desolation noun (desolations)
1) Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. 2) Desolation is great sadness and loneliness. - despair noun (despair, uncountable); verb (despair, despairs, despaired, despairing)
1) The feeling of having lost all hope. 2) (verb) To lose hope: «Don't despair — we'll find your cat.» 3) (phrase) «Drive someone to… - despairingly adverb (no other forms)
In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope. - despatch verb (despatch, despatches, despatched, despatching); noun (despatch, a despatch)
To despatch something is to send it off, especially a parcel, letter or message. - desperate adjective (desperate; more desperate, most desperate)
Feeling that you have little hope and will do anything to change the situation. - desperately adverb (desperately)
Very much, so much it hurts: she desperately wanted a puppy. - desperation noun (desperation — uncountable)
1) Desperation is the feeling of having almost no hope, which makes you willing to try anything, even something risky. - despise verb (despises, despised, despising)
To despise someone or something is to hate it or look down on it as worthless or wrong. - despised adjective; past form of «despise» (despise, despises, despised, despising)
To despise someone or something is to dislike them very strongly and think they are worthless. - despising verb (the -ing form of despise; see despise)
Hating or looking down on someone or something; the same sense as despise. - despite preposition (despite)
1) Despite means without being stopped by something; even though something else is true. - despoil verb (despoils, despoiled, despoiling)
Old use: to rob a place or person of goods or treasure, often by force, and leave it damaged. - despoiled verb (despoil, despoils, despoiled, despoiling)
To despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing. - despond verb (despond, desponds, desponded, desponding) (old use)
To despond is to lose hope and feel very low, as if nothing will ever go right. - despondency noun (despondency — uncountable)
1) Despondency is a feeling of low spirits and lost hope, being very sad and unwilling to try. - despondent adjective (despondent, more despondent, most despondent)
1) Very sad and without hope, feeling that things will not get better. - despotic adjective
Despotic describes a ruler who has total power and uses it cruelly, without asking anyone else. - dessert noun (dessert, desserts; also uncountable)
1) Dessert is the sweet food eaten at the end of a meal, like ice cream, pudding, fruit or cake. - destination noun (a destination, destinations)
A destination is the place someone or something is going to or being sent to. - destined adjective (also the past of destine: destine, destines, destined, destining)
Destined means meant or fated to be something or to go somewhere, as if decided in advance. - destiny noun (destiny, destinies)
Destiny is what will happen to someone in the future, especially when it seems already decided by fate or a higher power. - destroy verb (destroy, destroys, destroyed, destroying)
To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. - destroyed verb form (destroy, destroys, destroyed, destroying); adjective (destroyed)
Destroyed is the past form of destroy, which means to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used. - destruction noun (destruction; usually no plural)
Destruction is the act of destroying something so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. - destructive adjective (destructive, more destructive, most destructive)
1) Destructive means causing a lot of damage or ruin. 2) A destructive person or animal often breaks or ruins things. - detach verb (detach, detaches, detached, detaching); adjective detached; noun detachment
To separate one thing from another thing it is fixed to, as in «detach the coupon». - detachable adjective (detachable; not compared)
1) Detachable means able to be removed and put back again. - detached adjective (detached); verb (detach, detaches, detached, detaching)
1) Separated or taken off from something. 2) A detached house stands on its own, not joined to another house. 3) Not feeling or showing… - detachment noun (detachments)
A detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job.
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