What does "dc" mean?
Initialism of district court.
Dc
adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Initialism of district court.
- Grammar: dc is listed as adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: absorption current, ac, active current, alternating current.
- Useful contrasts: AC, ac current, electrical current.
- Usage evidence: Al Gore was born in Washington, DC.
How to use "dc"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of district court. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of DC. alt-of
"We used a low-pressure (0.1 mbar) hydrogen-argon mixture (10% H 2 ) with dc plasma ignited between two aluminum electrodes."
- 3 Abbreviation of December. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 an electric current that flows in one direction steadily wordnet
- 5 Initialism of direct current. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of double crochet. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 Initialism of doctor of chiropractic. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC)."
- 8 Initialism of debit card. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of defined contributions. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of device context. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of difficulty class. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of disconnection. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC."
- 14 Initialism of district commissioner. Kenya, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"The DC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest."
- 15 Initialism of disciplinary control. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC"
- 16 Initialism of distribution center. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To become disconnected from a network.
"Since the patch I have been randomly DCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and I DC'd several times within a few minutes."
- 2 Abbreviation of discontinue. abbreviation, alt-of
"med dc'd"
Adjective
- 1 Initialism of direct coded. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Adverb
- 1 Initialism of da capo. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of diagonally to the center. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others in DC due to a recent leg amputation, gave the invocation Thursday, saying in part, “I pray that we, all of us look inside about where we want this world to go, this state, this House, and look at it from the perspective of trying to find as much common ground as can be found.”"
- 2 Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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- 6 Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 Abbreviation of Discord. abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Al Gore was born in Washington, DC."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "dc"?
Common synonyms include: absorption current, ac, active current, alternating current, conduction current, convection current.
How do you use "dc" in a sentence?
Al Gore was born in Washington, DC.