de

¹

[duh, duh, de, di]

preposition

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

   Comte de Rochambeau; Don Ricardo de Aragón.

DE

²

abbreviation

1. Delaware (approved especially for use with zip code).

2. destroyer escort.

de'

³

[duh, de]

preposition

1. dei (used in Italian names as an elided form ofdei ).

   de' Medici.

de-

⁴

1. 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 ).

D.E.

⁵

abbreviation

1. Doctor of Engineering.

2. driver education.

de-

¹

prefix

1. removal of or from something specified

   deforest

   dethrone

2. reversal of something

   decode

   decompose

   desegregate

3. departure from

   decamp

DE

²

abbreviation

1. (formerly in Britain) Department of Employment

2. Delaware

de

³

/ də /

1. of; from: occurring as part of some personal names and originally indicating place of origin

   Simon de Montfort

   D'Arcy

   de la Mare

de

⁴

abbreviation

1. Germany

Word History and Origins

Origin of de¹

From French, Portuguese, Spanish, from Latin dē

Origin of de²

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of de¹

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 )

Origin of de²

from Latin dē; see _de-

Example Sentences

Someone finally barks “Get him!” as a bunch of agents feebly give chase; the man pedals away like he’s a Tour de France champion with a peloton hot on his trail.

From Los Angeles Times

In places where the local public health clinic is far away, under-staffed, or shut, they are the de facto doctors - and syrups are their most trusted tools.

From BBC

Technical director Masanaga Kageyama was detained last week during a stopover at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, French newspaper Le Parisien reported, adding that he later admitted to viewing the images, saying he was not aware it was illegal in France.

From BBC

Gerwyn Price defeated Ryan Searle 2-1, before Peter Wright lost to defending champion Mike de Decker by the same scoreline.

From BBC

In a scene that evoked a night raid by Special Ops forces in Iraq or Afghanistan, ICE agents rappelled out of UH-60 Blackhawks to assist law enforcement in raiding a building in the working-class South Shore neighborhood that had allegedly been “taken over” by the Venezuelan gang El Tren de Aragua.

From Salon