Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The removal of someone from office.

    Entlassung, Amtsenthebung, Absetzung

    смеще́ние с до́лжностиsmeščénije s dólžnosti

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.

    Ablage, Ablagerung

    отложе́ниеotložénije, осажде́ниеosaždénije

    the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

  3. (countable, uncountable)The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.

    eidesstattliche Erklärung

    показа́ние под прися́гойpokazánije pod prisjágoj

  5. (countable, uncountable)The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

  7. (countable, uncountable)The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Does the landlord want a deposition?

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  2. Sputter deposition is widely employed in the semiconductor industry.

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  3. Here's the deposition you needed.

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  4. Sami did a sworn deposition.

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  5. This is a deposition. You answer the questions truthfully but never volunteer anything.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
removal of someone from office:
act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit:
process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
removal of someone from office:
act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit:
process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken:

Origin

From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin

From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio.

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Forms

plural: depositions
Singulardeposition
Pluraldepositions

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
physics: transformation of gas into solid:desublimation
Close in meaning
  • the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office:dethronement
  • the natural process of laying down a deposit of something:deposit
  • the act of putting something somewhere:deposit

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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