Letter
(upper case, lower case d)
Number
(upper case, lower case d)
Origin
Old English upper case letter D from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).
Abbreviations
D
- Defense.
- (US politics) Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
- D-New York
- Divorced.
- Down (direction).
- Drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
- (printing) Duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
- Dutch language.
- (with “The”) The City of Detroit.
- Dick; penis.
- She wants the D!
- (electronics) Data.
Origin
Various abbreviations
Noun
(plural Ds)
- (snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
Origin
From the shape of the upper case letter "D"
Noun
(plural Ds)
- a grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C
Origin
From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.
