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de

1

[duh, duh, de, di]

preposition

  1. from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin).

    Comte de Rochambeau; Don Ricardo de Aragón.



DE

2

abbreviation

  1. Delaware (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. destroyer escort.

de'

3

[duh, de]

preposition

  1. dei (used in Italian names as an elided form ofdei ).

    de' Medici.

de-

4
  1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide ); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify ), negation (demerit; derange ), descent (degrade; deduce ), reversal (detract ), intensity (decompound ).

D.E.

5

abbreviation

  1. Doctor of Engineering.

  2. driver education.

de-

1

prefix

  1. removal of or from something specified

    deforest

    dethrone

  2. reversal of something

    decode

    decompose

    desegregate

  3. departure from

    decamp

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DE

2

abbreviation

  1. (formerly in Britain) Department of Employment

  2. Delaware

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de

3

/ »åÉ™ /

  1. of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of origin

    Simon de Montfort

    D'Arcy

    de la Mare

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de

4

abbreviation

  1. Germany

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of de1

From French, Portuguese, Spanish, from Latin »åŧ

Origin of de2

Middle English < Latin »åŧ-, prefixal use of »åŧ (preposition) from, away from, of, out of; in some words, < French < Latin »åŧ- or dis- dis- 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of de1

from Latin, from »åŧ (prep) from, away from, out of, etc. In compound words of Latin origin, de- also means away, away from ( decease ); down ( degrade ); reversal ( detect ); removal ( defoliate ); and is used intensively ( devote ) and pejoratively ( detest )

Origin of de2

from Latin »åŧ; see de-
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Example Sentences

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Tomas De Jesus, Ramirez’s cousin and his attorney, said authorities are accusing him of “resisting arrest, assaulting people†after agents barged into a private business, “without a warrant, without a probable cause.â€

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On Saturday, Gavidia joined De Jesus in downtown L.A. for his first-ever protest.

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Alex de Waal, an expert in famine and aid supply in war at Tufts University in Massachusetts, likens the concept currently being rolled out in Gaza to colonial-era counter-insurgency attempts.

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“When the Mexican team plays, it’s a celebration, right? But no, it wasn’t,†said El Coronel, the nom de guerre of the leader of “Pancho Villa’s Army,†the Mexican national team’s largest supporter group in the U.S. — a group started by Sergio Tristan, a Texas attorney and National Guard colonel who spent 30 months on the frontlines in Iraq as a U.S.

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Cielto Lindo and Patrones de México, the national team’s two other major supporters’ groups in the U.S., did the same.

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