English
dep
see also: DEP
Noun

dep

  1. Short for department#English|department.
Noun

dep

  1. Short for deposit#English|deposit.
  2. Short for departure#English|departure.
  3. (law, informal) A deposition.
    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.
  4. (informal) A deputy.
    • 1999, Alex Alexandrowicz, David Wilson, The Longest Injustice: The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz
      [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.
  5. (Canada, Quebec, informal) A dépanneur.
  6. (computing, informal) A dependency.
Verb

dep (deps, present participle depping; past and past participle depped)

  1. (informal) To deputize.
    • 2004, John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition (page 212)
      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).
Verb
  1. depart or departs
  2. deposed
DEP
Noun

dep

  1. (US, military, countable) Initialism of delayed entry program
    A DEP allows a recruit to complete education before joining the military.
  2. (computing, uncountable) Initialism of data execution prevention
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of Department of Environmental protection


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