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# deposition

«deposition» in Mova's school dictionary: **when wind, water or ice drops sand, mud or stones it was…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (deposition, depositions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (science, geography) Deposition is when wind, water or ice drops sand, mud or stones it was carrying, building up new land such as beaches and deltas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#m1)

2) (law) A deposition is a statement made under oath, written down to be used in court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#m2)

3) (formal) Deposition is removing a ruler or leader from power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#m3)

4) (science) Deposition is when a gas turns straight into a solid, like frost forming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, rivers and the sea erode in one place and deposit material in another: deposition forms beaches, spits, deltas and floodplains. In chemistry, frost forming from water vapour is deposition, the opposite of sublimation. In law and history lessons, a deposition is sworn evidence, and the deposition of a king is his overthrow.

### examples

- Deposition at the river mouth formed a delta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#x1)
- Waves cause deposition of sand on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#x2)
- A spit is made by deposition along the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#x3)
- Frost on the window is an example of deposition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#x4)
- The witness gave a deposition to the lawyers. (law) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#x5)
- The deposition of the king led to a new government. (formal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/#x6)

### note

Usually uncountable in science. Related verb: deposit (drop, leave). In geography, the order is erosion, transportation, deposition. A formal school word.

### In the corpora

- [When water or wind slows down, it drops what it carries, a process called deposition.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/52-weathering-and-erosion/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deposition» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deposition/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.