de

[ duh; French duh; Spanish de; Portuguese di ]

/ də; French də; Spanish dɛ; Portuguese dɪ /

preposition

from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin): Comte de Rochambeau; Don Ricardo de Aragón.

Origin of de

< French, Spanish, Portuguese < Latin dē

DE

Delaware (approved especially for use with zip code).

destroyer escort.

D & E

or D and E

dilation and extraction.

de'

[ duh; Italian de ]

/ də; Italian dɛ /

preposition

dei (used in Italian names as an elided form of dei): de' Medici.

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).Compare di-², dis-¹.

Origin of de-

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

D.E.

Doctor of Engineering.

driver education.

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Examples from the Web for de

The band was still on its way back as De Blasio and his wife departed.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Lynch kept gazing straight ahead as De Blasio joined Bratton at the other end of the color guard.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yet even after the funeral protest, de Blasio was booed and heckled while addressing a new class of recruits as well.
We Need Our Police to Be Better Than This|Nick Gillespie|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ceremony ended with a singing of “God Bless America,” with some of those in the stands as well as de Blasio singing along.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On Monday, de Blasio called for a temporary halt to protests until after the funerals of the two slain officers.
Trayvon Martin’s Family Rejects ‘Dead Cops’ Marchers|Jacob Siegel|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jus' 'fore freedom come, de new overseer am 'structed to take us to Texas and takes us to Kaufman County and we is refugees dere.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
Didn' he hol' back de lions wen dey wuz er rampin' an' er tearin' roun' atter Dan'l in de den?
Diddie, Dumps & Tot|Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle
I wus too small to work any but I played in de yard wid my oldes' sister, Katie.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
Say, is dat de ting dey has for de mugs wot goes to Sunday-school, an' dat dey has a party for?
Wanted--A Match Maker|Paul Leicester Ford
Here's de ocean an' here's San F'mcisco bay crowded wid fish.
Lady Luck|Hugh Wiley

British Dictionary definitions for de

de

De, before a vowel d' or before a vowel D'

/ (də) /

of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of originSimon de Montfort; D'Arcy; de la Mare

Word Origin for de

from Latin dē; see de-

the internet domain name for

Germany

DE

abbreviation for

(formerly in Britain) Department of Employment

Delaware

de-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

removal of or from something specifieddeforest; dethrone

reversal of somethingdecode; decompose; desegregate

departure fromdecamp

Word Origin for de-

from Latin, from dē (prep) from, away from, out of, etc. In compound words of Latin origin, de- also means away, away from (decease); down (degrade); reversal (detect); removal (defoliate); and is used intensively (devote) and pejoratively (detest)

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Word Origin and History for de

de

Latin adverb and preposition of separation in space, meaning "down from, off, away from," and figuratively "concerning, by reason of, according to;" from PIE demonstrative stem *de- (see to).

de-

active word-forming element in English and in many words inherited from French and Latin, from Latin de "down, down from, from, off; concerning" (see de), also used as a prefix in Latin usually meaning "down, off, away, from among, down from," but also "down to the bottom, totally" hence "completely" (intensive or completive), which is its sense in many English words. As a Latin prefix it also had the function of undoing or reversing a verb's action, and hence it came to be used as a pure privative -- "not, do the opposite of, undo" -- which is its primary function as a living prefix in English, as in defrost (1895), defuse (1943), etc. Cf. also dis-.

Medicine definitions for de

D & E

abbr.

dilation and evacuation

de-

pref.

Do or make the opposite of; reverse:decomposition.

Remove or remove from:deoxygenation.

Reduce; degrade:decholesterolization.

de

preposition

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Origin of de

DE

D & E

or D and E

de'

preposition

de-

Origin of de-

D.E.

Examples from the Web for de

de

De, before a vowel d' or before a vowel D'

Word Origin for de

the internet domain name for

DE

abbreviation for

de-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

Word Origin for de-

de

de-

D & E

abbr.

de-

pref.