Dy

adv, name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of deputy. India, abbreviation, alt-of, attributive

    "SBI dy manager in police net for helping cyber cons, 15th banker to be held this yr"

  2. 2
    a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of die. alt-of, obsolete

    "The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    already Internet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Khmer.

Synonyms

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atomic number 66dysprosiumdysprosiumsilver

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"The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dyen, variant of dien (“to die”). More at die.

Etymology 2

Clipping of already.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of deputy.

Etymology 4

From Khmer ឌី (dii).

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