de
preposition
from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin).
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de'prepositiondei (used in Italian names as an elided form ofdei ).
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de-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 ).
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D.E.
D.E.abbreviationDoctor of Engineering.
de
1 American
[duh, duh, de, di]
/ də, də, dɛ, dɪ /
preposition
DE
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de'
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[duh, de]
/ də, dɛ /
preposition
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D.E.
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abbreviation
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Doctor of Engineering.
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driver education.
de-
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prefix
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removal of or from something specified
deforest
dethrone
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reversal of something
decode
decompose
desegregate
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departure from
decamp
DE
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abbreviation
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(formerly in Britain) Department of Employment
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Delaware
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Etymology
Origin of de1
From French, Portuguese, Spanish, from Latin dē
Origin of de-4
Middle English < Latin dē-, prefixal use of dē (preposition) from, away from, of, out of; in some words, < French < Latin dē- or dis- dis- 1
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That morning, Aggrey bought fresh fruit from the open-air market and baguettes from the local boulangerie, then helped cook the meal with a group of de Montalembert’s friends and family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The horse was given a drink of water before being walked back to the start of the Desfile de la Gente parade, Santa Fe Police Department said in a post on Facebook.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
On his return to Kosovo, he earned the nom de guerre "Snake" as he helped build an underground guerrilla army, the KLA, to fight for independence from the forces of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
According to the AP, a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, where the fashion mogul was staying when she was robbed, was awarded the equivalent of $126,472 in the civil damages ruling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Harry de Vries will be taken to Amsterdam tomorrow. If you want to see him, come promptly at three this afternoon.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Deere DE -1.37%decrease; down pointing triangle posted higher profit and sales in its fiscal third quarter, as continued growth in the company’s construction equipment business helped to offset ongoing weakness in its production agriculture segment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Nebraska farmer Guy Mills figures he has spent more than half a million dollars over the past eight years on repairs to his Deere DE 1.07%increase; green up pointing triangle tractors and harvesters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The then Permanent Secretary in DE Dr Mark Browne called it the most difficult decision he had to make.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
The DE said it continues to support children through free school meals to low-income families and will continue to work with other government departments and agencies to look at ways to tackle holiday hunger.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
DE MAINTENON, Fontainebleau Palace, France.—Madame de Maintenon was the second wife of Louis XIV., although no written proof of such a marriage is extant; but, that it took place, is nevertheless certain.
From Shepp's Photographs of the World by James W. Shepp
He was a favorite of Lorenzo de’ Medici, and his paintings have a superficial resemblance both to those of his teacher, Botticelli, and those of his father, Fra Filippo Lippi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Florence's Uffizi Gallery said a tourist fell backwards while trying to "make a meme in front" of a portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, by Anton Domenico Gabbiani.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
Told during a Zoom interview that Sofia seemed more like Lucrezia Borgia and Catherine de’ Medici than a comic book character, Milioti matter-of-factly says, “That’s certainly incredible company to be in.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
In the West, the durian was first recorded and observed in the early 15th century by Italian merchant and explorer Niccolò de' Conti.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024
There is no direct evidence regarding de’ Barbari’s date of birth, but he was described as old and ill in 1512; his earliest securely dated work is 1500.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Mr. Tisci said he was de- and reconstructing the pillars of the house: trenches, car coats and checks.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
While still used in food, now it is mainly mined as a chemical agent, water softener, or a de- icer for roads.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
“It was a very, very de- pressing time.”
From MSNBC ● Mar. 21, 2015
As a 34-year-old, Leung became the head of the committee in 1988, responsible for drafting the Basic Law, the city’s de- facto constitution adopted after the former British colony was returned to China.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 25, 2011
“And, sir,” she said with warning, “it is drooping in the de- scendent.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
The company has raised $350 million from investors including private-equity firm Vitruvian Partners; the venture arm of consulting firm Accenture; JPMorgan’s asset-management unit; Goldman Sachs Alternatives; and D.E.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Shares fell at the start of the month after the D.E.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
In activist investor news: Air Products named two new directors as it faces pressure from Mantle Ridge and D.E.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
The digital payments company agreed to shareholder D.E.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
The American Federation of Labor, acting through its official organ, had declared a boycott against D.E.
From The United States Since the Civil War by Charles Ramsdell Lingley
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