Da
adj, article, intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Father. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
"“Dear, but you're like your grandmother!” she continued, patting the little girl's head. “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.”"
- 2 Yes; an affirmative response. Russianism, slang, uncountable
- 3 Initialism of district attorney. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 4 an official prosecutor for a judicial district wordnet
- 5 Initialism of duck's arse (“type of haircut”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to a new haircutters, told him I wanted a DA and sideburns, and that "your ultimate goal is to make me look like a boy"."
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- 6 Initialism of Doctor of Arts. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 7 Initialism of domain administration. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of dairy association. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of dopamine. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of domoic acid. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of descending aorta. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of ductus arteriosus. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of domain authority. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 Initialism of devolved administration. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 15 Initialism of direct action. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Abbreviation of disassociate. Jehovah's-Witnesses, abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 Initialism of double action. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 1 Yes. Russianism, slang
- 2 A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
"You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?"
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of the. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"Da New York Times"
- 1 Initialism of Department of the Army. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 A great serpent in the mythology of Dahomey.
- 3 Initialism of Department of Agriculture. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of Democratic Alliance. South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Once all the votes are counted, if the ANC remains below 50% it will be forced to enter a coalition with one or more parties. Depending on how low its support dips, it may need to form a deal with one of the larger opposition parties such as the DA or EFF to remain in power."
- 5 The station code of Dhaka railway station in Bangladesh.
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- 6 Initialism of doomsday argument. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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More examples"Da Vinci could see farther than others."
Etymology
From child language; compare dad and dada.
Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.
Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.
Imitative.
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