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dee

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[dee]

noun

  1. a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear.

    The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.

  2. Physics.a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.



Dee

2

[dee]

noun

  1. John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.

  2. a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.

  3. a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.

  4. a male or female given name.

Dee

1

/ 徱ː /

noun

  1. a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)

  2. a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)

  3. a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dee

2

/ 徱ː /

noun

  1. John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dee

3

/ 徱ː /

verb

  1. a Scot word for die 1

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dee1

First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D
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Dee Blum is an idealistic student who drops out of college to lead eco-tours in Costa Rica, much to her family’s disapproval.

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Dee is happy in her new life and when she meets two men, everything sizzles.

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But Dee’s naive views of both romance and of doing right are complicated by a dangerous organization presenting itself as the “good guys.”

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“These losses largely reflect the fact that there are now substantially fewer school-age children in the state,” said Thomas Dee, a Stanford University education professor and economist.

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“The most striking aspect of these data is that the students who fled public schools at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic still have not returned,” Dee said.

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