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Meaning of "depletion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEPLETION

depletion  [dɪˈpliːʃ ən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEPLETION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Depletion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEPLETION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of depletion in the English dictionary

The definition of depletion in the dictionary is the act of using up or reducing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEPLETION


adoption
əˈdɒpʃ ən
colonization
ˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃ ən
connexion
kəˈnɛkʃ ən
cremation
krɪˈmeɪʃ ən
decomposition
ˌdiːkɒmpəˈzɪʃ ən
dehydration
ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪʃ ən
devastation
ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃ ən
disruption
dɪsˈrʌpʃ ən
dissemination
dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃ ən
electrocution
ɪˌlɛktrəˈkjuːʃ ən
encryption
ɪnˈkrɪpʃ ən
eruption
ɪˈrʌpʃ ən
escalation
ˌɛskəˈleɪʃ ən
evacuation
ɪˌvækjʊˈeɪʃ ən
evaporation
ɪˌvæpəˈreɪʃ ən
excretion
ɪkˈskriːʃ ən
exemption
ɪɡˈzɛmpʃ ən
exploitation
ˌɛksplɔɪˈteɪʃ ən
fabrication
ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃ ən
fascination
ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃ ən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEPLETION

deplane
deplenish
depletable
deplete
depleted
depleted uranium
depleter
depletion allowance
depletion layer
depletive
depletory
deplorability
deplorable
deplorableness
deplorably
deploration
deplore
deplorer
deploringly
deploy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEPLETION

accreditation
accretion
age of discretion
carburetion
completion
concretion
deletion
discretion
hypersecretion
incompletion
incretion
indiscretion
internal secretion
neurosecretion
noncompletion
obsoletion
oversecretion
ozone depletion
repletion
secretion
suppletion

Synonyms and antonyms of depletion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEPLETION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «depletion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of depletion

Translation of «depletion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEPLETION

Find out the translation of depletion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of depletion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «depletion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

枯竭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agotamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

depletion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रिक्तीकरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استنزاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

истощение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esgotamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রাসতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épuisement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

枯渇
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고갈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekurangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cạn kiệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிதைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tüketme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esaurimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyczerpywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виснаження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epuizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξάντληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitputting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utarmning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uttømming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of depletion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPLETION»

The term «depletion» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.008 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPLETION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «depletion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «depletion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about depletion

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QUOTES WITH «DEPLETION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word depletion.
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Dennis Weaver
When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEPLETION»

Discover the use of depletion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to depletion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Drug-induced nutrient depletion handbook
This work contains a complete and up-to-date listing of all drugs known to deplete the body of nutritional compounds.
Ross Pelton, 2001
2
Climate Change, Ozone Depletion And Air Pollution: Legal ...
The mountain of information coming out of the respective regimes on climate change, ozone depletion and air pollution is monumental
Alexander Gillespie, 2006
3
Colloids and the Depletion Interaction
This book offers a concise introduction to the fundamentals of depletion effects and their influence on the phase behavior of colloidal dispersions.
Henk N.W. Lekkerkerker, Remco Tuinier, 2011
4
Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front
Protecting present and future generations in times of crisis.
Sharon Astyk, 2013
5
Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: Constructing a Global ...
A path-breaking look at the international response to ozone depletion and climate change.
Matthew J. Hoffmann, 2012
6
Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change
The motivation for the organization of this symposium was the accumulation of evidence from many sources, both short- and long-term, that the global climate is in a state of change.
‎1989
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Campbell's Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion
Campbell's Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion, Second Edition, is the product of a half-century of critical analysis and updating of data on the status of oil and gas depletion by country, region and the world as a whole.
Colin J Campbell, Alexander Wöstmann, 2013
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The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, ...
A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse Richard Heinberg. Try the following thought experiment. Perhaps you have had the experience, while driving, of running out of gasoline and having to push your automobile for a few ...
Richard Heinberg, 2013
9
The Depletion Wall: Non-Renewable Resources, Population ...
Henderson looks at the latest mineral reserve statistics, population growth forecasts, and model simulations regarding the depletion of natural resources and prospects of an economic collapse and suggests that aggressive depopulation is the ...
Mark C. Henderson, 2012
10
Leukocyte Depletion in Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology
The concept of leukocyte depletion has been acknowledged as a mandatory procedure in transfusion medicine for a while.
Georg Matheis, Anton Moritz, Martin Scholz, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEPLETION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term depletion is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Skyscraper Designed To Survive The Next 10000 Years
... results from the depletion of the world's lead resources, or how the collapse of the European Union in 2040 might require the Mount Pleasant ... «Co.Design, Jul 15»
2
Earth's Groundwater Basins Are Running Out of Water
For example, the "time to depletion" for the Northwest Sahara Aquifer System was estimated at anywhere between 10 and 21,000 years, the ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
3
Myeloid disease: Another action of a thalidomide derivative
Krönke and colleagues demonstrate that CK1α depletion sensitizes normal human haematopoietic cells to lenalidomide. They also confirm that ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Syria ratifies fresh $1 billion credit line from Iran
Syria's economy has been hurt by a depletion of foreign reserves that were estimated at $16 billion-18 billion before the crisis. The country had ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
5
Cod make a comeback thanks to strict cuts in fishing
Another factor in the rise is that cod began maturing sexually at younger ages, possibly as an evolutionary response to depletion. But the ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
6
DNA damage response The spliceosome cashes in at the ATM
The depletion of these proteins from chromatin, which was caused by their displacement from DNA lesions, was prevented by inhibiting ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
7
The Best Quotes (and Key Themes) From the Pope's Environmental …
Other indicators of the present situation have to do with the depletion of natural resources. We all know that it is not possible to sustain the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Garnishee orders an assault on human dignity - judge
He said the "depletion of a debtor's income as a consequence of it being attached to pay a judgment debt may lead to the subsequent loss of ... «News24, Jul 15»
9
How much can we withdraw without running out of money?
Failure to do so will grossly underestimate your future needs and lead to poor decision making – not to mention early depletion of funds. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
10
Social movements Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty Against Corporate …
The video explains how a trade relationship - mainly based on the extraction of raw materials - is contributing to depletion of non-renewable ... «Transnational Institute, Jul 15»

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