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DET

1 American  

  1. Linguistics. Also Det determiner.

  2. Pharmacology. diethyltryptamine.

det. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. detach.

  2. detachment.

  3. detail.

  4. determine.

  5. (in prescriptions) let it be given.

DET British  

abbreviation

  1. diethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic drug

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Etymology

Origin of det.

From the Latin word dētur

Example Sentences

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Det Ch Insp Phil Poole thanked members of the public who had been in touch with information so far.

From BBC

Det Ch Insp Alison Foxwell said on Saturday: "At this stage, we believe the incident occurred within a domestic context, but we are appealing for anybody with information to come forward."

From BBC

Det Ch Insp Alison Foxwell said the death of a baby was "always an extremely tragic occurrence".

From BBC

Det Ch Insp Phil Poole said the force were working "around the clock" to find out what happened to the man, who he was and who was responsible.

From BBC

Murrieta police encourage anyone with information about the investigation to contact Det.

From Los Angeles Times

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