DE Definition

də, dē
abbreviation
Defensive end.
Webster's New World
Delaware.
Webster's New World

The ccTLD for Germany as assigned by the IANA.

Wiktionary
prefix
Do or make the opposite of; reverse.
Decriminalize.
American Heritage
Remove or remove from.
Delouse; deoxygenate.
American Heritage
Out of.
Deplane; defenestration.
American Heritage
Reduce; degrade.
Declass.
American Heritage
Derived from.
Deverbative.
American Heritage
preposition
Of or from.
Webster's New World
affix
Away from, off.
Debar, derail.
Webster's New World
Down.
Degrade, decline.
Webster's New World
Wholly, entirely.
Defunct.
Webster's New World
Reverse the action of; undo.
Defrost, decode.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A surname​ of Bengali origin.

Wiktionary

Origin of DE

  • Middle English de- from Old French de- (from Latin dē- from, off, apart, away, down, out, completely) (from dē de- in Indo-European roots) or from Old French des- out, off, apart, away, completely (from Latin dis- dis-) (and Latin dē-)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • L, a prefix signifying separation, cessation, intensification, or contraction; also < Fr dé- (< L de) or OFr des- (< L dis-): see dis-

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

DE Sentence Examples

  • It was also printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1512.

  • Two years later appeared his Recherches geographiques et critiques on the De Mensura Orbis Terrae of Dicuil.

  • His relations with Cornelius Herz and the baron de Reinach compelled his retirement, however, from the Ribot cabinet at the time of the Panama scandals in December 1892.

  • In 1672, having finished his philosophy course, he was given a scholarship at the college of St Michel at Paris by Jean, marquis de Pompadour, lieutenant-general of the Limousin.

  • The ancient geometry, as we know it, is a wonderful monument of ingenuity - a series of tours de force, in which each problem to all appearance stands alone, and, if solved, is solved by methods and principles peculiar to itself.

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