Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal, nonstandard)To deputise

Examples

33 sentences

  1. Tom Jackson is the deputy director.

    Том Джексон — заступник директора. — deniko

    ruТом Джексон — заместитель директора. — odexed

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He attended the meeting as deputy president.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I'm your deputy.

    ruЯ ваш заместитель. — odexed

    deIch bin dein Stellvertreter. — Yorwba

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Three deputies were shot.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. The defendant was about to stand trial when he grabbed the deputy's gun and shot the judge.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From French député, from Late Latin dēputātus (“appointed”).

From French député, from Late Latin dēputātus (“appointed”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

deputies, deputying, deputied, deputied
Base formdeputy · to deputy
3rd person singulardeputies
Present participledeputying
Past simpledeputied
Past participledeputied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeputy
he, she, itdeputies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeputied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deputied
he, she, ithas deputied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deputy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deprivationC1depriveB1depthB1deputizederderailderailment
deputy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto