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Date "DW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
"DW" is a common misspelling or typo for: dawn, dew, dewy, do, Dow, down. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DW | English | Distilled Water | N/A |
DW | French | Roues jumelées | Transportation |
DW | German | Doppelrad | Transportation |
DW | Italian | Ruote gemelle | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: DW |
| Specialty definitions using "DW": internal energy. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Denning DW. Invasive aspergillosis. (references) | |
Fischer M, Hedberg K, Cardosi P, Plikaytis BD, Hoesly FC, Steingart KR, Bell TA, Fleming DW, Wenger JD, Perkins BA. Tobacco smoke as a risk factor for meningococcal disease. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DW" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "DW" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 77.78% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Noun (common) | 15.87% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.76% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.59% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dw drum | 360 |
dw griffith | 12 |
compuhq dw justdeals mint pulled rebuilt refurb refurbished remanufactured sony u10a | 10 |
dw firmware u10a | 10 |
500a dru dw u10a | 9 |
dw showroom | 7 |
dw firmware sony u10a | 6 |
drum dw snare | 6 |
dw snare | 6 |
dw u10 | 4 |
bass drum dw pedals | 3 |
deutsche dw welle | 2 |
dw sony u10 | 2 |
bass double dw pedals | 2 |
dw u10a wg | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ina dw akakoiV panourgian paidi de new aisqhsin te kai ennoian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut detur parvulis astutia adulescenti scientia et intellectus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That felnesse be yeue to litle childer, and to the yunge ful waxen, kunnyng and vnderstonding. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Bulgarian | За да се даде остроумие на простите, знание и разсъждение на младежа, |
| Cebuano | Sa paghatag ug salabutan sa mga walay-pagtagad, Alang sa batan-ong lalake ang kahibalo ug kabuot: |
| Croatian | da se dade pamet neiskusnima, mladiæu znanje i umijeæe; |
| Danish | de skal give tankeløse Klogskab, ungdommen Kundskab og Kløgt; |
| Dutch | Om den slechten kloekzinnigheid te geven, den jongeling wetenschap en bedachtzaamheid. |
| Finnish | mielevyyden antamiseksi yksinkertaisille, tiedon ja taidollisuuden nuorille. |
| French | Pour donner aux simples du discernement, Au jeune homme de la connaissance et de la réflexion. |
| German | daß die Unverständigen klug und die Jünglinge vernünftig und vorsichtig werden. |
| Haitian Creole | Y'ap louvri lespri moun ki manke konprann, y'ap bay jenn gason yo konesans ak konprann. |
| Hungarian | Együgyûeknek eszesség, gyermeknek tudomány és meggondolás adására. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang tidak berpengalaman diajarnya sehingga mempunyai pikiran yang tajam, dan orang muda diajarnya menjadi orang yang pandai dan dapat berpikir secara dewasa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Akan memberi cerdik kepada orang yang tulus, dan ilmu dan peri bijak kepada orang muda. |
| Italian | per dare agli inesperti l'accortezza, ai giovani conoscenza e riflessione. |
| Maori | Hei hoatu i te ngakau tupato ki nga kuware, i te matauranga, i te ngarahu pai ki te taitamariki; |
| Norwegian | de kan gi de enfoldige klokskap, de unge kunnskap og tenksomhet. |
| Portuguese | para se dar aos simples prudência, e aos jovens conhecimento e bom siso. |
| Rumanian | ca sq dea celor nekncercayi agerime de minte, tknqrului cunowtinyq wi chibzuinyq, - |
| Russian | ТПУФЩН "БФШ УНЩЫМЕОПУФШ, АОПЫЕ--ЪОБОЙЕ Й ТБУУХ"ЙФЕМШОПУФШ; |
| Swedish | De kunna giva åt de fåkunniga klokhet, åt den unge kunskap och eftertänksamhet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DW": dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfer, dwarfest, dwarfing, dwarfish, dwarfishly, dwarfishness, dwarfishnesses, dwarfism, dwarfisms, dwarflike, dwarfness, dwarfnesses, dwarfs, dwarves, dweeb, dweebs, dwell, dwelled, dweller, dwellers, dwelling, dwellings, dwells, dwelt, dwindle, dwindled, dwindles, dwindling, dwine, dwined, dwines, dwining. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DW": aardwolf, aardwolves, bandwagon, bandwagons, bandwidth, bandwidths, beadwork, beadworks, bedward, bedwards, bedwarf, bedwarfed, bedwarfing, bedwarfs, bedwetter, bedwetters, bendways, bendwise, bindweed, bindweeds, birdwatcher, birdwatchers, blindworm, blindworms, bloodworm, bloodworms, boardwalk, boardwalks, bondwoman, bondwomen, breadwinner, breadwinners, breadwinning, breadwinnings, budworm, budworms, cordwain, cordwainer, cordwaineries, cordwainers, cordwainery, cordwains, cordwood, cordwoods, cudweed, cudweeds, deadweight, deadweights, deadwood, deadwoods, endways. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "d-w" | |
+1 letter: daw, dew, dow, wad, wed, wud. | |
+2 letters: awed, bawd, dawk, dawn, daws, dawt, dews, dewy, dhow, down, dows, draw, drew, gowd, lewd, owed, wade, wadi, wads, wady, wand, ward, weds, weed, weld, wend, whid, wide, wild, wind, woad, wold, wood, word, wynd. | |
+3 letters: adown, award, awned, bawds, bawdy, bedew, bowed, cawed, cowed, crowd, dawed, dawen, dawks, dawns, dawts, dewan, dewar, dewax, dewed, dhows, diwan, dowdy, dowed, dowel, dower, dowie, downs, downy, dowry, dowse, drawl, drawn, draws, drown, dwarf, dweeb, dwell, dwelt, dwine, endow, gowds, hawed, hewed, howdy, indow, jawed, jewed, jowed, lawed, lowed, mawed, mewed, mowed, owned, pawed, rewed, rowdy, rowed, sawed, sewed, sowed, sward, swede, sword, tawed, tewed, towed, tweed, unwed, vowed, waddy, waded, wader, wades, wadis, waged, waked, waldo, waled, wands, waned, wards, wared, waved, waxed, weald, wedel, wedge, wedgy, weeds, weedy, weird, welds, wends, whids, widdy, widen, wider, wides, widow, width, wield, wifed, wilds, wiled, winds, windy, wined, wiped, wired, wised, wited, wived, woads, woald, wodge, wolds, woods, woody, wooed, words, wordy, world, would, wound, wowed, wried, wyled, wynds, wyted, yawed, yowed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 57 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01010111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D W |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0057 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3857 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Bible Trace 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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