deprecate
verb/ˈdeprəkeɪt/
/ˈdeprəkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deprecate | /ˈdeprəkeɪt/ /ˈdeprəkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it deprecates | /ˈdeprəkeɪts/ /ˈdeprəkeɪts/ |
| past simple deprecated | /ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle deprecated | /ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdeprəkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form deprecating | /ˈdeprəkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdeprəkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- deprecate something (formal) to feel and express strong disapproval of something
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- be deprecated(computing) (of a software feature) to be considered outdated and best avoided, even though you can still use it, usually because it has been replaced with a newer feature
- A number of features have been deprecated in the latest version of the software.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘pray against’): from Latin deprecat- ‘prayed against (as being evil)’, from the verb deprecari, from de- (expressing reversal) + precari ‘pray’.
Check pronunciation:
deprecate