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  ds

  abbreviation

  decistere; decisteres.
• Ds
  Ds

  darmstadtium.
• DS
  DS

  abbreviation

  dear/darling son (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's son).
• d.s.
  d.s.

  abbreviation

  daylight saving.
• D.S.
  D.S.

  abbreviation

  from the sign.

ds

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. decistere; decisteres.

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Ds ² American  

Symbol, Chemistry, Physics.

1. darmstadtium.

2. (formerly) dysprosium.

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DS ³ American  

abbreviation

1. dear/darling son (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's son).

   DS has no friends in school.

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d.s. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. daylight saving.

2. Commerce. days after sight. Also D/S

3. document signed.

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D.S. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Music. from the sign.

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D.S. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Doctor of Science.

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DS British  

abbreviation

1. Also: ds.  music dal segno

2. Detective Sergeant

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Etymology

Origin of D.S.

From Italian dal segno

Example Sentences

A small illustration of the eponymous rat hangs in the restaurant, signed by director Brad Bird, who spent days sketching the dining room, capturing the lamps, cheese trolley and maitre d's outfit.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

Dinner maitre d’s are gently professional, warm and welcoming.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2018

Kulagin and Shaw- Asquith stood ready, eyes fixed once again on the white cloth in the maître d’s hand.

From The Verge • Jun. 17, 2018

Four hours later across the way, uniformed guards and ushers punch time clocks, and beer and food trucks noisily back up to vending stands as maître d’s and waiters tidy up the clubhouse restaurants.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2015

Cologne made me think of voice coaches, of maitre d’s, of old men and their unwanted embraces.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides