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di
1[ dee ]
preposition
- from; of: used in Italian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin:
Conte di Savòia.
di-
2- a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” ( diphthong ); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words ( dicotyledon; dipolar ) and in chemical terms ( diatomic; disulfide ).
di-
4- variant of dis- 1 before b, d, l, m, n, r, s, v, and sometimes g and j: digest; divide.
di-
5- variant of dia- before a vowel:
diorama.
Di
6[ dahy ]
noun
- a female given name, form of Diana.
Di
7- didymium.
DI
8- Department of the Interior.
- drill instructor.
di.
9abbreviation for
- diameter.
DI
1abbreviation for
- Defence Intelligence
- Detective Inspector
- Donor Insemination
di-
2combining_form
- variant of dia-
diopter
di-
3prefix
- twice; two; double
dicotyledon
- containing two specified atoms or groups of atoms
dimethyl ether
carbon dioxide
- a nontechnical equivalent of bi- 1
Di
4the chemical symbol for
- didymium
di–
- A prefix that means “two,” “twice,” or “double.” It is used commonly in chemistry, as in dioxide, a compound having two oxygen atoms.
Word History and Origins
Origin of di1
Example Sentences
Di Bello described the color-splashed works as “abstract expressionism” with “surrealist” methods.
Di Giovanni thought “He wrote Spanish while in his ear he heard English.”
The sensible answer is no, but di Giovannni gleaned much from those three years.
When it came to casting Escobar, Di Stefano had to find a strong actor who could embody the brutality of the late kingpin.
But la-di-da people also buy that water in Fiji and have it shipped thousands of miles, so maybe they would have been fine.
Mussafia, Monumenti antichi di dialetti italiani, Sitzungsber.
Francesco Bussone di Carmagnola, count de Castlenuovo, executed.
Fecit dextera Di virtutem: non est mortuus, sed vixit; & nunc incolumis narrat opera Di.
Why therefore did the elder Amati, contemporary and probably pupil of Gaspar di Salo, change the model and size of the instrument?
And all the fal-lals and di-does they larn em in high school now doesnt amount to a row of pins in practical life.
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