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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

DV en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Deo volente (God willing).
    • Those were millions of human souls created by God in His Own likeness to whom the faith had not (D.V.) been brought. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 214:
Source: en.wiktionary, “DV” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

DV en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of digital video.
    • Vincent opened it and found a video camera, a Panasonic. She recognized it as one of the new kind that took DV tapes, but it still had an unexpected weight. 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 67:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of domestic violence.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of described video.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:nutrition, uncountable) Initialism of daily value.

Forms

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Relateds

CC · DTV · SAP · DVB

Source: en.wiktionary, “DV” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

DV en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Doctors Vote.