DET

¹

1. Also Det Linguistics. determiner.
2. Pharmacology. diethyltryptamine.

det.

²

abbreviation for

1. detach.
2. detachment.
3. detail.
4. determine.
5. (in prescriptions) let it be given.

DET

abbreviation for

1. diethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic drug

Word History and Origins

Origin of DET¹

From the Latin word dētur

Example Sentences

Det. Rafael Ramos spent a lifetime trying to become a police officer, entering the academy at age 38.

From The Daily Beast

Retired Det. Tom Nerney, formerly of the NYPD Major Case Squad, investigated Shakur.

From The Daily Beast

Det. 1: Okay, now tell us how it went, David—tell us how you did it.

From The Daily Beast

Det. 2: No, not your belt . . . . Remember being out in the sunroom, the room that sits out to the back of the house?

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Det. 2: (slamming his hand on the table and yelling) You hung her!

From The Daily Beast

If I had stayed in my fader's house, I vould haf been det for goot, and perried too!

From Project Gutenberg

We beleaf in the spirit ov forgiveness—if we owe a man, and we won't pay him, let him forgiv the det.

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"Let me det in oor lap den," and Marion, climbing up, made herself perfectly at home.

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Ill det em, said Sandy, slipping down and bringing them to Louise from the table at the end of the tent.

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He turned his head and gravely inquired: "Number Thirteen, how does ye det'armine ther guilt of a witch?"

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