Dem
det, name, noun, pron, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Clipping of Democrat. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 2 Initialism of digital elevation model. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
"The DEMs and reference data used here are a mix of different vertical reference systems: […]"
- 3 Initialism of diethyl malonate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of digital experience monitoring. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 Nonstandard form of them. alt-of, nonstandard
"Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy."
- 1 Nonstandard form of them, in the sense of "those". alt-of, nonstandard
"What are dem fings doing ’ere?"
- 2 (clitic, suffix) A group of. Caribbean, Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, slang
"Love tenderness is what the woman dem want"
- 1 Abbreviation of Democratic Party. US, abbreviation, alt-of
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More examples"When I come back to the country [who knows if this virus will leave us a respite or attack us again], ask me again to continue my translation into Kabyle of the French text that I already wrote on couscous; and that I titled "Awer ifuṛ, awer yeṛdem". No doubt I will use your lexical text wisely so that every Kabyle, woman and man, is proud of it. So, please don't forget!"