da

¹ American  

[duh, dah, duh, dah] / də, dɑ, də, dɑ /

Or Da

preposition

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

   Lorenzo da Ponte; Vasco da Gama.

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da ² American  

[dah] / dɑ /

adverb

Russian.

1. yes.

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DA ³ American  

[dee-ey] / ˈdiˈeɪ /

noun

plural

DAs, DA's

1. a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.

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DA ⁴ American  

1. Department of Agriculture.

2. Dictionary of Americanisms.

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da. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. daughter.

2. day; days.

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DA. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.

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D/A ⁷ American  

1. (sometimes lowercase) days after acceptance.

2. deposit account.

3. documents against acceptance.

4. documents for acceptance.

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D.A. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. delayed action.

2. direct action.

3. District Attorney.

4. documents against acceptance.

5. documents for acceptance.

6. doesn't answer; don't answer.

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DA ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (in the US) District Attorney

2. Diploma of Art

3. duck's arse (hairstyle)

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D/A ² British  

abbreviation

1. deposit account

2. commerce documents against acceptance

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Etymology

Origin of da¹

< Italian da ≪ Latin dē about, concerning + ab, ā from; < Portuguese da, contraction of de of, from (< Latin dē ) + a feminine singular definite article (≪ Latin illa that)

Origin of DA³

A euphemistic abbreviation of duck's ass

Example Sentences

Meryl Da Costa-Rohland works for TrichStop, a programme that treats trichotillomania.

From BBC

While Leonardo da Vinci struggled to finish his projects, and Michelangelo tended to focus obsessively on the same themes, Raphael completed an astonishing number and variety of commissions in his short life.

From The Wall Street Journal

Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.

From Science Daily

“Hercules” is more streamlined than Handel’s operas, and its most dramatic passages—including Hercules’ death and Dejanira’s subsequent mad scene—are written as accompanied recitatives rather than da capo arias.

From The Wall Street Journal

Soprano Hilary Cronin was a dazzling, lyrical Iole, her precisely calibrated da capo arias capturing the princess’s serene acceptance of her lot and her consoling, thoughtful presence—the antithesis of the disturbed Dejanira.

From The Wall Street Journal

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