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D.G.

1

abbreviation for

  1. by the grace of God.


D.G.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Director General.

dg

3
  1. decigram; decigrams.

DG

1

abbreviation for

  1. Deo gratias
  2. director-general
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


dg

2

abbreviation for

  1. decigram
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of D.G.1

From Latin Deī grātiā
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Example Sentences

DG are the initials of Dolce Gabbana, “an Italian luxury industry fashion house.”

When he was DG/ISI, he set up a special commando team to find and capture bin Laden with U.S. help.

An adverbial dative singular without an inflectional ending is found with hm, dg, morgen, and fen.

This must originally have been lah-dg, though I am not aware that the word is met with in any Anglo-Saxon documents.

Thus in the first edition he declines dg, dges, plural dgas, not having observed the law of vowel-change pointed out by Rask.

The Gen. Com'dg has ordered a disposition of these Cattle to be made in accordance with the wishes of the chief.

Not in any way writing disrespectfully, was the slang word taken from Hogwith the g soft, which gives the dg pronunciation?

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