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• dm
  dm

  noun

  a direct message sent to one or more users of a social media service or private messaging service, usually when the accounts involved have an established relationship, as when the recipient is linked to, friends with, or following the sender on a social media platform.
• DM
  DM

  abbreviation

  Deutsche mark.
• Dm.
  Dm.

  abbreviation

  Deutsche mark.

dm

¹ American  

Or DM

noun

dms, plural dm's plural

1. a direct message sent to one or more users of a social media service or private messaging service, usually when the accounts involved have an established relationship, as when the recipient is linked to, friends with, or following the sender on a social media platform.

   He sent me a scary and abusive dm, so I reported the message and blocked his account.

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verb (used with object)

dm'd, dmed, dm'ing, dming

1. to send a direct message to (another user of such a service).

dm ² American  

abbreviation

1. decimeter; decimeters.

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DM ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Deutsche mark.

2. direct mail.

3. Dungeon Master.

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Dm. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Deutsche mark.

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DM ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. (in Canada) deputy minister

2. (the former) Deutschmark

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dm ² British  

symbol

1. decimetre

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dm ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Dominica

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Usage

What else does DM mean? DM stands for direct message, or a private message with a person on social media, especially Twitter. For you role players, DM can also stand for the Dungeon Master in a game of Dungeons & Dragons. How is DM pronounced?[dee-em]

Etymology

Origin of dm

First recorded in 2005–10; d(irect) ( def. ) m(essage) ( def. )

Example Sentences

“My favorite florist is in Notting Hill, London! Dm me for deets! I look forward to reading your note!”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2021

Before his election Gerardo Machado was bitterly opposed by Armando Andre, editor of El Dm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Iowa silent reading tests, new edition; advanced test manual of directions for forms Am, Bm, Cm and Dm.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Given under my Hand, and the Seal of said Colony, at Newport aforesaid the Second Day of June Anno Dm.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

Law 2 may now be set down as under— Af + Bm Am + Bf Cf + Dm Cm + Df ------- ------- ------- ------- Dp Cp Bp Ap 3.

From Spinifex and Sand by Carnegie, David Wynford