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D en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /diː/ (letter, name)
• /d/
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

Meanings

1. (number, uppercase) The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Forms

D en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /diː/ (letter, name)
• /d/
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

Meanings

1. (letter, uppercase) The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
   • Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […] 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

Forms

D en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of dimensional.
   alt of dimensional
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of divorced.
   alt of divorced

Deriveds

4D · 11D chess · 2.5D · 7D chess · 6D chess · 1D · 3D · 12D chess · 0D · 10D chess · 9D chess · 5D chess · 2D · 8D chess

Relateds

d

D en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of down (direction).
   alt of down

D en · INTJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic) Damn.
   • CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D— 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the Captain of the Pinafore”, in H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC:

D en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of defense.
   alt of defense
2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
   alt of Democrat
   • D-New York
   • “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday. 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
   alt of drive
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
   alt of as adopted by the American Library Association
   alt of duodecimo
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) Clipping of dick (“penis”)
   alt of dick
   • She wants the D!
   • I give her the D, I give her the D, she callin' me zaddy 2016, “Zaddy”, in Campaign, performed by Ty Dolla $ign:
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of data.
   alt of data
7. (countable, qualifier:Unicode, uncountable) Canonical decomposition
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.
   alt of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue
   • Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
9. (alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable) Alternative form of dee (“a police detective”).
   alt of dee
   • Dotty my holster, totin on this knocker (Grrah, grrah) If we see the Ds, bitch, move proper 2022 October 31, “Doomsday” (track 7, 1:53 from the start), in Kay Flock (lyrics), F L O C K A:
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:rhythmic gymnastics, uncountable) Initialism of difficulty.
    alt of difficulty

Forms

Antonyms

R

Coordinates

first gear · second gear · P · R · N · D · K

Deriveds

2,4-D · Pro-D · D-stem · NFD · D region · D-Mode · D layer · double D · D-Mart · D-value · D-list

Relateds

KD (in Unicode) · KC (in Unicode) · NF (in Unicode) · C (in Unicode)

wikidata: Q135447265

D en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.
   alt of Deuteronomist

D en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

Meanings

1. The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
2. The penalty arc on a football pitch.
   • Johnson, a late substitute, applied the finishing touch but it was move kickstarted by the again-impressive Neco Williams, who skedaddled forward from halfway with the ball in tow before feeding Aaron Ramsey on the edge of the D. 2022 June 11, Ben Fisher, “Brennan Johnson’s late goal denies Belgium and extends the Wales party”, in The Guardian:
   • 23 min: Fee gets overly intricate near his own D, and gifts the ball to Eze, who attempts a curler towards the top-left corner but gets it all wrong. 2025 November 8, Scott Murray, “Sunderland v Arsenal: Premier League – live”, in The Guardian:
3. (qualifier:field hockey) The penalty arc on a hockey field.

Forms

D en · NOUN · etymology 4

Etymology

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US) A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.

Forms

D en · PROPN · etymology 4

Etymology

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

Meanings

1. A programming language inspired from C++.