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D.

The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

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Meaning & usage

character/diː/letter, name/d/
  1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

num/diː/letter, name/d/
  1. The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

    uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

noun
  1. Abbreviation of defense.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  2. Abbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.

    US · abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
    D-New York
  3. Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  4. Abbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  5. Clipping of dick (“penis”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · countable · euphemistic · slang · uncountable
    She wants the D!
  6. Abbreviation of data.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  7. Canonical decomposition

    countable · uncountable
  8. Abbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
    Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417
  9. Alternative form of dee (“a police detective”).

    alt-of · alternative · countable · slang · uncountable
  10. Initialism of difficulty.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · initialism · uncountable
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name
  1. The City of Detroit.

  2. Abbreviation of Deuteronomist.

    abbreviation · alt-of
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intj
  1. Damn.

    euphemistic
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noun
  1. The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.

  2. The penalty arc on a football pitch.

  3. The penalty arc on a hockey field.

Where this word comes from

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

noun
  1. 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.

    Canada · US
Where this word comes from

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

name
  1. A programming language inspired from C++.

Where this word comes from

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

adv
  1. Abbreviation of down (direction).

    abbreviation · alt-of
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adj
  1. Abbreviation of dimensional.

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
  2. Abbreviation of divorced.

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.