adj
Meaning 1
declared
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: d
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Dec
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: D EH1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A diminutive of the male given name Declan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of December.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of Dec (“December”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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name
Meaning 5
Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company.
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noun
Meaning 6
Abbreviation of decrement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
Abbreviation of declaration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 8
Abbreviation of decoration.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 9
Initialism of diethylcarbamazine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
Initialism of diethyl carbonate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: desquamated epithelial cell
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
Abbreviation of dominant energy condition
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dominant energy condition
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
Abbreviation of decrease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 14
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: declination, celestial latitude
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angular distance
noun
Meaning 15
the last (12th) month of the year
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: December
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Gregorian calendar month
History
Etymology
Clipping of Declan.
Abbreviation of December.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Des. — abbreviation of December
- Albanian: dhj — abbreviation of December
- Armenian: դեկ (dek) — abbreviation of December
- Azerbaijani: dek — abbreviation of December
- Basque: abe. — abbreviation of December
- Belarusian: сне (snje) — abbreviation of December
- Bulgarian: дек (dek) — abbreviation of December
- Bulgarian: дек. (dek.) — abbreviation of December
- Catalan: des. — abbreviation of December
- Czech: pro — abbreviation of December
- Danish: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Dutch: dec — abbreviation of December
- Estonian: dets — abbreviation of December
- Finnish: joulu — abbreviation of December
- Finnish: jouluk. — abbreviation of December
- French: déc. — abbreviation of December
- Galician: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Georgian: დეკ. (deḳ.) — abbreviation of December
- German: Dez. — abbreviation of December
- Greek: Δεκ (Dek) — abbreviation of December
- Hebrew: דצמ׳ (detsem.) — abbreviation of December
- Hindi: दिस॰ (dis.) — abbreviation of December
- Hungarian: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Icelandic: des. — abbreviation of December
- Indonesian: Des — abbreviation of December
- Italian: dic. — abbreviation of December
- Italian: dic — abbreviation of December
- Kazakh: жел. (jel.) — abbreviation of December
- Kyrgyz: дек. (dek.) — abbreviation of December
- Latvian: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Lithuanian: gruod. — abbreviation of December
- Macedonian: дек. (dek.) — abbreviation of December
- Malay: Dis — abbreviation of December
- Norwegian Bokmål: des. — abbreviation of December
- Polish: gru — abbreviation of December
- Portuguese: dez. — abbreviation of December
- Romanian: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Russian: дек. (dek.) — abbreviation of December
- Scottish Gaelic: Dùbh — abbreviation of December
- Serbo-Croatian: дец — abbreviation of December
- Serbo-Croatian: dec — abbreviation of December
- Serbo-Croatian: pro — abbreviation of December
- Slovak: dec — abbreviation of December
- Slovak: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Slovene: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Spanish: dic. — abbreviation of December
- Spanish: dic — abbreviation of December
- Swahili: Des — abbreviation of December
- Swedish: dec. — abbreviation of December
- Swedish: dec — abbreviation of December
- Tagalog: Dis. — abbreviation of December
- Tagalog: Dis — abbreviation of December
- Thai: ธ.ค. (tɔɔ.kɔɔ.) — abbreviation of December
- Turkish: Ara — abbreviation of December
- Ukrainian: груд. (hrud.) — abbreviation of December
- Uzbek: dek — abbreviation of December
- Welsh: Tach — abbreviation of December