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    D.V.
    abbreviation
    Deo volente.
  • DV
    DV
    abbreviation
    Deo volente

D.V.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Deo volente.

  2. Douay Version (of the Bible).


DV British  

abbreviation

  1. Deo volente

  2. Douay Version (of the Bible)

  3. digital video

"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

Etymology

Origin of DV

(sense 1) Latin: God willing

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To-Go Ware is a local company based in Chico, Calif. — D.V.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2024

Librarians say the patrons most likely to be hurt by Macmillan’s rule are people like D.V.

From Washington Post Nov. 26, 2019

It was nominated for three episodes, and D.V.

From New York Times Sep. 18, 2016

D.V. is the subject of a spanking new documentary called The Eye Has to Travel, directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2012

The next letter which you receive will probably be from Transylvania, the one after that from Bucharest, and the third D.V. from Constantinople.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter

At the Manhattan office of DV Commodities, not far from West Village dining spots, long days have blurred together for traders at desks bathed in the light of six computer screens.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Downing Street says it learned this week that the Foreign Office, which oversaw Mandelson's DV process, granted him clearance "against the recommendation" of the vetting agency.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

The daily value, or DV, percentages on the label don't all come from the same source.

From Salon Jul. 16, 2024

The companies added to the list, which include Hartis DV LLC and Alfakomponent, will effectively be barred from receiving items from suppliers except for possibly food and medicine, the Commerce Department added.

From Reuters Nov. 2, 2023

“But the robots will fail spec anyway, Greg. United States Robots can’t market DV models with a report like that.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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