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abbreviation

Law. today's date.

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Origin of dd

From Latin dē datō

Words nearby dd

D.Cn.L., DCPA, D.Crim., D.C.S., DCVO, dd, DDAVP, D-day, ddC, ddI, DDoS

Other definitions for dd (2 of 6)

dd²

abbreviation

degree-day.

delayed delivery.

delivered.

demand draft.

double-deck.

Shipbuilding. dry dock.

Other definitions for dd (3 of 6)

abbreviation

Biology, Ecology. data deficient.

dear/darling daughter (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's daughter): DD moving into her own apt today!

designated driver.

dishonorable discharge.

Other definitions for dd (4 of 6)

dd.

abbreviation

delivered.

Other definitions for dd (5 of 6)

D/D

abbreviation Commerce.

days after date.

Other definitions for dd (6 of 6)

D.D.

abbreviation

demand draft.

Doctor of Divinity.

How to use dd in a sentence

As of 2012, there are over 523,000 people across the country on Medicaid waiver lists; over 309,000 of those people have I/DD.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Barbra Driskill-Scherer is the mother of 9-year-old Gunnar, who has I/DD.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Duplex Drive (called DD) was one: an amphibious conversion which could be fitted to a normal Sherman tank.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lucky Yates summed him up perfectly, with a DD reference, calling him “chaotic neutral.”
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed on the Big Twist and the End of ‘Vice’|Marlow Stern|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And, yes, that DOES sound like the ramblings of a DD loving adolescent who just consumed his first pot brownie.
Beseech Your Children Well With Plot-Spoilers|Bill Schulz|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The dimensions of the four-, six- and eight-cylinder types “D” and “DD” are all the same.
Aviation Engines|Victor Wilfred Pag
The wires b, c are led through a gas pipe B; this also serves to adjust the meter to any required position on the wooden rod dd.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
A cylindrical sole plate dd extends between the shrouds on the inner side.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1|Various
I am angry almost; but I won't, 'cause see im a dood dallar in odle sings; iss, and so im DD too.
The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift
And DD shall be repaid her t'other book; but patience, all in good time: you are so hasty, a dog would, etc.
The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift

British Dictionary definitions for dd

abbreviation for

Also: dd direct debit

Doctor of Divinity

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