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dec.
1abbreviation
(in prescriptions) pour off.
dec.
2abbreviation
deceased.
decimeter.
declension.
decrease.
Music.decrescendo.
dec-
3variant of deca- before a vowel.
decathlon.
Dec.
4abbreviation
December.
dec.
1abbreviation
deceased
music decrescendo
Dec
2abbreviation
December
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dec.1
Example Sentences
His short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3 first landed him in front of the Constitutional Court — which removed him from office later that month — and then in the Seoul Central District Court, where he is now being tried on charges of insurrection.
On Dec. 22, 2019, he scored 32 points with five assists and two steals in a 118–112 Thunder victory.
In February, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation of a state of emergency for the Dec. 23 storm, making Santa Cruz eligible for state funding of up to 75% of repair costs under the California Disaster Assistance Act.
Michael McKenzie McCallum was born Dec. 7, 1956, in Kingston, Jamaica, and began boxing as a teenager, racking up as many as 250 amateur bouts before turning pro in 1981.
He met his match against James Toney, fighting to a draw Dec. 13, 1991, before losing to Toney twice.
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When To Use
Dec- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “ten.” It appears in a small range of terms.Dec- comes from the Greek é첹, meaning “ten.” The word December is related to this root via the Latin equivalent, decem. In fact, what is now the twelfth month of the year was once the tenth month of the early Roman calendar. Learn more at our entry for December.What are variants of dec-?Dec- is a variant of deca-, which loses its -a- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. A similar prefix is deka-, which is reserved for the naming of metric units, and a related Latin-origin form is deci-, from Latin decimus, “tԳٳ.”Want to know more? Check out our 51Թs That Use articles for deca-, deci-, and deka-.
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