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depletion

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /dɪˈpliːʃən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 P L IY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: timber industry; oil industry; timber industry; oil industry

Topics: accounting, business, finance, mining

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of decreasing something markedly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

Narrower terms: consumption, using up, expenditure, exhaustion, drain

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noun

Meaning 6

the state of being depleted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: temporary state

Narrower terms: salt depletion

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: exhauriment — exhaustion
  • German: Erschöpfen — exhaustion
  • German: Erschöpfung — exhaustion
  • Irish: laghdú — exhaustion
  • Italian: esaurimento — exhaustion
  • Korean: 소모 (somo) — exhaustion
  • Māori: whakataweketanga — exhaustion
  • Portuguese: esgotamento — exhaustion
  • Portuguese: exaustão — exhaustion
  • Portuguese: depleção — exhaustion
  • Spanish: depleción — exhaustion
  • Catalan: depleció — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • German: Leerung — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • German: Schwund — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • German: Abbau — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • German: Verarmung — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • Korean: 고갈 (gogal) — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • Portuguese: esgotamento — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • Portuguese: depleção — consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished
  • Catalan: depleció — gradual expense or use of natural resources over time
  • French: déplétion — gradual expense or use of natural resources over time
  • Indonesian: deplesi — gradual expense or use of natural resources over time
  • Malay: susutan — gradual expense or use of natural resources over time