de
preposition
from; of (used in French, Spanish, and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin).
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de'prepositiondei (used in Italian names as an elided form ofdei ).
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de-
de-a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide ); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify ), negation (demerit; derange ), descent (degrade; deduce ), reversal (detract ), intensity (decompound ).
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D.E.
D.E.abbreviationDoctor of Engineering.
de
1 American
[duh, duh, de, di]
/ də, də, dɛ, dɪ /
preposition
DE
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American
de'
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American
[duh, de]
/ də, dɛ /
preposition
de-
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American
D.E.
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American
abbreviation
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Doctor of Engineering.
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driver education.
de-
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British
prefix
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removal of or from something specified
deforest
dethrone
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reversal of something
decode
decompose
desegregate
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departure from
decamp
DE
2
British
abbreviation
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(formerly in Britain) Department of Employment
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Delaware
de
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/ də /
de
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British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of de1
From French, Portuguese, Spanish, from Latin dē
Origin of de-4
Middle English < Latin dē-, prefixal use of dē (preposition) from, away from, of, out of; in some words, < French < Latin dē- or dis- dis- 1
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The day before the election, Patricia Catherina de Sousa, 35, an elderly care companion in Rio de Janeiro, told AFP she was still trying to decide which candidate would get her vote.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Kevin de Bruyne scored twice as Belgium beat Turkey 3-0 to move up to second in Group A1.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
After criss-crossing the vast nation in recent weeks, the two men are making a final push for votes in the key southeastern battlegrounds of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Gavin de Becker, a security consultant for celebrities whose firm originally developed the terminal, has leveled serious accusations against the lounge’s current operator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Are the Van de Bergs treating you well?
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Deere DE -2.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle has spent years in the crosshairs of farmers who have demanded easier ways to fix their own equipment or get it repaired by an independent mechanic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
That figure does not include further and higher education, which is not the responsibility of DE.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
The winners include McDonald’s, Exxon Mobil XOM -2.44%decrease; red down pointing triangle and tractor maker Deere DE 0.07%increase; green up pointing triangle .
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Deere DE -1.26%decrease; red down pointing triangle raised its fiscal-year outlook and said demand in the construction and small agriculture markets was recovering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Section in lines BC, DE, FG of plan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
He was a favorite of Lorenzo de’ Medici, and his paintings have a superficial resemblance both to those of his teacher, Botticelli, and those of his father, Fra Filippo Lippi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Florence's Uffizi Gallery said a tourist fell backwards while trying to "make a meme in front" of a portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, by Anton Domenico Gabbiani.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
Catherine de’ Medici, the 16th century ruler of France, did the unthinkable for her time: She rose to power in a man’s world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
Who was Lucrezia de’ Medici and what drew you to telling her story?
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
There is no direct evidence regarding de’ Barbari’s date of birth, but he was described as old and ill in 1512; his earliest securely dated work is 1500.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Mr. Tisci said he was de- and reconstructing the pillars of the house: trenches, car coats and checks.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
While still used in food, now it is mainly mined as a chemical agent, water softener, or a de- icer for roads.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
“It was a very, very de- pressing time.”
From MSNBC ● Mar. 21, 2015
“You may want to be buying the stories when they are de- rated and the hopes and dreams have turned to disappointment,” she said.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 3, 2011
Less de- fensibly, the nuns distrusted intellectual challenges to authority.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Mehta, 42, previously worked at the hedge fund D.E.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Shares fell at the start of the month after the D.E.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The digital payments company agreed to shareholder D.E.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
The Jacksonville, Florida-based company could announce the spinoff as early as next week, unveiling the results of a strategic review it embarked upon in December following pressure from hedge funds D.E.
From Reuters ● Feb. 11, 2023
Further research in this direction was made by D.E.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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