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- pronunciation:
- de
p
zI
sh n
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a sworn statement, usu. in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law.
In her deposition, she contradicted an earlier statement she had made to the police.- synonyms:
- affidavit, testimony
- similar words:
- allegation, certification, declaration, statement
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definition 2: |
the act of depositing something, or the thing deposited.
- synonyms:
- accumulation
- similar words:
- dumping, layer, mass, precipitate, sediment
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definition 3: |
the taking away of a rank or office, esp. an important office.
- synonyms:
- dethronement, divestiture, ouster, unseating
- similar words:
- expulsion
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related words: |
evidence, overthrow, witness |
adjective + (n.)deposition
acidic,
amyloid,
atmospheric,
chemical,
civil,
closed,
coastal,
electroless,
given,
increased,
judicial,
later,
magnetic,
pre-trial,
predicted,
pretrial,
relative,
subsequent,
sworn,
taped,
thin,
videotaped,
wet,
written
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verb + (n.)deposition
acknowledge, contradict, delay, fabricate, give, leak, lie, postpone, proceed, recant, release, request, subpoena, swear, testify, videotape, witness
(n.)deposition
+ verb
admit, decrease, deny, etch, file, initiate, obtain, schedule, sputter, tape
noun + (n.)deposition
acid,
ash,
barrier,
beam,
chemistry,
coating,
collagen,
conduct,
copper,
court,
diamond,
discovery,
disk,
emission,
erosion,
etch,
excerpt,
exhibit,
fibrin,
film,
ion,
lawyer,
mercury,
nitrogen,
notice,
oath,
particulate,
perjury,
pleading,
reduction,
sediment,
sinus,
soil,
spore,
sputter,
stack,
subpoena,
sulfur,
surface,
transport,
vacuum,
vapor,
video,
videotape
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derivation: |
depositional (adj.) |
The word deposition
contains the following part:
pos, -pose, pon, -pone, -pound
Latin
root
that means put, place
  Example words:
appose, apposite, apposition, appositive, component, composed, composite, compositor, compost, compound, decompose, deponent, depositary, deposition, depositor, depository, discompose, disposable, disposal, disposer, exponent, exponential, expose, exposition, expositor, expository, exposure, expound, impose, imposing, imposition, impostor, impound, inapposite, indisposed, indisposition, interpose, interposition, juxtapose, juxtaposition, opponent, opposable, oppose, opposite, opposition, overexpose, ovipositor, photocompose, pose, poser, poseur, positive, positivism, postpone, posture, predispose, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, purpose, purposeful, purposely, repose, suppose, transposition
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