D

//diː// adj, adv, article, character, intj, name, noun, num, symbol, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of declared. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of divorced. abbreviation, alt-of
Adjective
  1. 1
    denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of down. abbreviation, alt-of

    "Do you have the answer for 23d?"

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of down (direction). abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of already, used in text messages to form the perfect tenses. Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, informal

    "Come d."

Article
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of the alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "that cavalier expression i see/on people's mugs don't keep/d pie from hitting dey faces"

Character
  1. 1
    The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase

    "Rupert. I am told so, sir. But then so does the other Cadell. A devastating creature who spells it with two d’s."

  2. 2
    The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase

    "Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]"

Intj
  1. 1
    Damn. euphemistic

    "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—"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The City of Detroit.
  2. 2
    A programming language inspired from C++.
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Deuteronomist. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of defense. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
  3. 3
    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. Canada, US
  4. 4
    the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "D-New York"

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  1. 6
    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."

  2. 7
    the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five wordnet
  3. 8
    Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    The penalty arc on a hockey field.
  5. 10
    a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets wordnet
  6. 11
    Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Clipping of dick (“penis”) abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable

    "She wants the D!"

  8. 13
    Abbreviation of data. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    Canonical decomposition countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417"

  11. 16
    Alternative form of dee (“a police detective”). alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable

    "Dotty my holster, totin on this knocker (Grrah, grrah) If we see the Ds, bitch, move proper"

Numeral
  1. 1
    The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script. lowercase
  2. 2
    The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script. uppercase
Symbol
  1. 1
    A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).

    "£sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”"

  2. 2
    Die or dice.

    "d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides"

  3. 3
    A penny, a measure of the size of nails.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.

Etymology 2

From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.

Etymology 3

Abbreviations. * (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin. * (dice): abbreviation of dice d # Abbreviation of died or death. #: William Shakespeare, d 1616

Etymology 4

Abbreviations. * (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin. * (dice): abbreviation of dice d # Abbreviation of died or death. #: William Shakespeare, d 1616

Etymology 5

Abbreviations. * (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin. * (dice): abbreviation of dice d # Abbreviation of died or death. #: William Shakespeare, d 1616

Etymology 6

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

Etymology 7

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

Etymology 8

Abbreviations.

Etymology 9

Abbreviations.

Etymology 10

Abbreviations.

Etymology 11

Abbreviations.

Etymology 12

Abbreviations.

Etymology 13

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

Etymology 14

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

Etymology 15

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

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