Deposition — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈɔːɹsaɪmsəl/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɛpəzˈɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɛpəzˈɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /dˈɔːɹsaɪmsəl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deposit dethronement

Word Forms

depose	verb	make a deposition; declare under oath
deposit	verb	put (something somewhere) firmly
dethrone	verb	remove a monarch from the throne

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ablagerung

der natürliche Prozess der Hinterlegung von etwas

🇫🇷French

déposition

le processus naturel consistant à déposer un dépôt de quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

declaración

el proceso natural de depositar algo

🇮🇹Italian

deposizione

il processo naturale di deposito di qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

afzetting

het natuurlijke proces van het neerleggen van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

deposição

o processo natural de depositar algo

🇷🇺Russian

осаждение

естественный процесс отложения чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

निक्षेप

किसी चीज़ को जमा करने की प्राकृतिक प्रक्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

জবানবন্দি

কোনো কিছুর আমানত রাখার প্রাকৃতিক প্রক্রিয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

படிவு

ஏதாவது ஒரு வைப்புத்தொகையை இடுவதற்கான இயற்கையான செயல்முறை

🇮🇳Telugu

నిక్షేపణ

ఏదో ఒక డిపాజిట్ వేయడానికి సహజ ప్రక్రియ

🇮🇳Marathi

पदच्युती

एखाद्या गोष्टीची ठेव ठेवण्याची नैसर्गिक प्रक्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

જુબાની

કોઈ વસ્તુની થાપણ મૂકવાની કુદરતી પ્રક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಕ್ಷೇಪ

ಯಾವುದೋ ಒಂದು ಠೇವಣಿ ಇಡುವ ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിക്ഷേപം

എന്തിൻ്റെയെങ്കിലും നിക്ഷേപം നിക്ഷേപിക്കുന്ന സ്വാഭാവിക പ്രക്രിയ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੇਸ਼ਗੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਜਮ੍ਹਾਂ ਰਕਮ ਰੱਖਣ ਦੀ ਕੁਦਰਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

جمع

کسی چیز کا ذخیرہ رکھنے کا فطری عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

沉积

存入某物的自然过程

🇯🇵Japanese

堆積

何かを堆積させる自然なプロセス

🇰🇷Korean

침적

무언가를 예치하는 자연스러운 과정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự lắng đọng

quá trình tự nhiên của việc ký gửi một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การทับถม

กระบวนการทางธรรมชาติของการวางมัดจำของบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

endapan

proses alami meletakkan deposit sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtitiwalag

ang natural na proseso ng paglalatag ng deposito ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

pemendapan

proses semula jadi untuk meletakkan deposit sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ترسيب

العملية الطبيعية لوضع وديعة لشيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

رسوب گذاری

فرآیند طبیعی سپرده گذاری چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

biriktirme

bir şeyin depozitosunu yatırmanın doğal süreci

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַצהִיר

התהליך הטבעי של הנחת פיקדון של משהו

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