Meanings
depo1
noundepo (plural depos)
plural depos
- abbreviationclippinginformallawClipping of deposition.
Very occasionally the diary is double booked; [Lesley] Groff is duly reprimanded by [Jeff] Epstein: “I have depos all day? You should know that.”
2026 February 7, Amelia Gentleman, “Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Depo2
nounDepo (uncountable)
- informaluncountableDepo-Provera (trademarked name for medroxyprogesterone acetate).
Researchers find that the women who lived in places affected by the Planned Parenthood cuts had 27 percent more births than the women using Depo in the year prior.
2016 February 3, Sarah Kliff, “When Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, women got less birth control and had more babies”, in Vox, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2023
Origin
Shortening.
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APA
depo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depo
MLA
“depo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depo.
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