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Noun de has 1 sense
  1. Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
    --1 is a kind of American state
    --1 is a part of Mid-Atlantic states
    --1 has parts:
     Dover, capital of Delaware; Wilmington; Delaware, Delaware River; Delaware Bay

Definitions from the Web

Term: de

Definition:

De is a preposition in Latin that means "from" or "down". It is commonly used in English to denote the opposite of "up" and can also be a prefix indicating reversal or removal.

Possible Parts of Speech:

  • Preposition - indicating motion or direction
  • Prefix - indicating reversal or removal

Senses and Usages:

1. Preposition:

Sense: Indicating motion or direction.

Sample Sentence: She jumped off the cliff and into the de abyss.

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2. Prefix:

Sense: Indicating reversal or removal.

Sample Sentence: After the breakup, they de-friended each other on social media.

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de-shaped de-smoke de-stalinisation de-stalinization de-standardise de-standardize de-swells de-toxication de de bakey de broglie de facto de facto segregation de facto veto de forest de gaulle de index

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