Definitions for DE

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

de-

  1. a prefix, occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, used to form verbs that denote motion or conveyance down from, away, or off (deflect; descend); reversal or undoing of the effects of an action (deflate); extraction or removal of a thing (decaffeinate); thoroughness or completeness of an action (despoil).

    Category: Affix

Origin of de-:

ME < L dē-, prefixal use of (prep.) from, away from, of, out of; in some words, < F < L dē- or dis-dis -1

DE

  1. Delaware.

    Category: Geography (places)

  2. destroyer escort.

    Category: Navy

D.E.

  1. Doctor of Engineering.

    Category: Titles, Associations, Organizations

  2. driver education.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE(noun)

    a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

Wiktionary

  1. de(Verb)

    To do.

    What are ye deein man!

  2. De(ProperNoun)

    of Bengali origin.


Translations for DE

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

apt(adjective)

(with to ) likely

He is apt to get angry if you ask a lot of questions.

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