de
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Word Origin
- de
- Latin adverb and preposition of separation in space, meaning "down from, off, away from," and figuratively "concerning, by reason of, according to;" from PIE demonstrative stem *de- (see to).
Example
- 1. De bever declined to name the chinese investors .
- 2. Robert de niro was one of them .
- 3. De marchi still uses his ferrari .
- 4. I accept prof de grauwe 's points .
- 5. Consider mr de wever 's sloganeering .