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Definition: DE- |
DE-1. A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | De |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: DE- |
| English words defined with "DE-": Dis-. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "DE-": Deambulate, Debacchate, Debarb, Debellate, Debt, Decerp, Decertation, Decoherer, Decomplex, Decubation, Decumbent, Decurt, Dedition, Dedolent, Deduplication, Defatigate, Defedation, Defigure, Defiliation, Defix, deflate, Deflow, Deflower, Defluous, Dehisce, Dehonestate, Deintegrate, Dejerate, Delactation, Delassation, Delibate, Deligate, Delirium, Demigrate, Demonstrate, Demulce, Denigrate, Denitration, Denitrify, Denude, Depascent, Depatriate, Depectible, Deperdit, Depilous, Deplication, Depreicate, Depulse, Dequantitate, Desight, Desinent, Desipient, Despecificate, Desquamate, Deturn, Dezincify. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DE-" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (apart, away, decadence, decapitate, degree, deliver, deprive, dismember, down, entirely, off, take away). |
| "DE-" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 37.50% of the time. "DE-" is used about 8 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 (singular) | 37.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "de-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | e-day.(various references) | |
Welsh | an- (dis-, in-, un-). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words ending with "e-": Ge-, Pre-. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: de, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e" | |
+1 letter: bed, deb, dee, del, den, dev, dew, dex, dey, die, doe, due, dye, edh, eds, eld, end, fed, ged, led, med, ode, ped, red, ted, wed, zed. | |
+2 letters: abed, aced, adze, aged, aide, aped, awed, axed, bade, bead, beds, bedu, bend, bide, bled, bode, bred, cade, cede, cedi, code, coed, cued, dace, dale, dame, dare, date, daze, dead, deaf, deal, dean, dear, debs, debt, deck, deco, deed, deem, deep, deer, dees, deet, defi, deft, defy, deil, deke, dele, delf, deli, dell, dels, delt, deme, demo, demy, dene, deni, dens, dent, deny, dere, derm, desk, deva, devs, dews, dewy, dexy, deys, dice, died, diel, dies, diet, dike, dime, dine, dire, dite, dive, doer, does, doge, dole, dome, done, dope, dore, dose, dote, dove, doze, dree, dreg, drek, drew, duce, dude, duel, dues, duet, duke, dune, dupe, dure, dyed, dyer, dyes, dyke, dyne, eddo, eddy, edge, edgy, edhs, edit, egad, eide, eked, elds, emyd, ends, eyed, fade, feds, feed, fend, feod, feud, fled, gaed, geds, geed, geld, gied, gled, gude, hade, haed, head, heed, held, herd, hide, hied, hoed, hued, iced, idea, idem, ides, idle, ired, jade, jeed, lade, lead, lend, leud, lewd, lied, lode, lude, made, mead, meed, meld, mend, mode, need, nerd, nide, node, nude, odea, odes, ohed, oped, owed, peds, peed, pend, pied, pled, read, redd, rede, redo, reds, reed, rend, ride, rode, rude, rued, sade, seed, send, shed, side, sled, sned, sped, sued, teds, teed, tend, tide, tied, toed, unde, used, veld, vend, vide, vied, wade, weds, weed, weld, wend, wide, yeld, zeds. | |
+3 letters: aahed, abide, abode, ached, acned, acred, acted, adage, added, adder, addle, adeem, adept, adieu, admen, adobe, adore, adoze, adzes, aedes, ahead, aided, aider, aides, ailed, aimed, aired, alder, amend, amide, anode, anted, arced, ardeb, armed, ashed, aside, asked, assed, awned, axled, azide, baaed, badge, baked, baled, baned, barde, bared, based, bated, bayed, beads, beady, beard, bedel, bedew, bedim, bends, bendy, bided, bider, bides, bidet, bield, biked, biped, blade, bleed, blend, blued, boded, bodes, boned, booed, bored, bowed, boxed, bread, brede, breed, bride, budge, bused, cades, cadet, cadge, cadre, caged, caked, caned, caped, cared, cased, caved, cawed, cebid, cedar, ceded, ceder, cedes, cedis, cered, chide, cider, cited, clade, clued, codec, coded, coden, coder, codes, codex, coeds, coked, coled, coned, cooed, coped, cored, coted, coude, coved, cowed, coxed, coyed, credo, creed, cried, crude, cubed, cured, cyder, daces, dales, dames, dance, dared, darer, dares, dated, dater, dates, daube, daven, dawed, dawen, dazed, dazes, deads, deair, deals, dealt, deans, dears, deary, deash, death, deave, debar, debit, debts, debug, debut, debye, decaf, decal, decay, decks, decor, decos, decoy, decry, dedal, deeds, deedy, deems, deeps, deers, deets, defat, defer, defis, defog, degas, degum, deice, deify, deign, deils, deism, deist, deity, deked, dekes, dekko, delay, deled, deles, delfs, delft, delis, dells, delly, delta, delts, delve, demes, demit, demob, demon, demos, demur, denar, denes, denim, dense, dents, deoxy, depot, depth, derat, deray, derby, derma, derms, derry, desex, desks, deter, detox, deuce, devas, devel, devil, devon, dewan, dewar, dewax, dewed, dexes, dexie, dhole, diced, dicer, dices, dicey, didie, diene, diets, diked, diker, dikes, dikey, dimer, dimes, dined, diner, dines, dinge, diode, direr, dirge, disme, dites, dived, diver, dives, dizen, dobie, dodge, doers, doest, doeth, doges, dogey, dogie, dolce, doled, doles, domed, domes, donee, donne, doped, doper, dopes, dopey, dosed, doser, doses, doted, doter, dotes, douce, douse, doven, doves, dowed, dowel, dower, dowie, dowse, doxie, doyen, dozed, dozen, dozer, dozes, drake, drape, drave, dread, dream, drear, dreck, dreed, drees, dregs, dreks, dress, drest, dried, drier, dries, drive, drone, drove, drupe, druse, dryer, duces, duded, dudes, duels, duets, duked, dukes, dulse, dunce, dunes, duped, duper, dupes, duple, dured, dures, duvet, dweeb, dwell, dwelt, dwine, dyers, dyked, dykes, dykey, dynel, dynes, eared, eased, eaved, ebbed, eched, edema, edged, edger, edges, edict, edify, edile, edits, educe, educt, egads, egged, eider, eidos, eland, elder, elide, elude, embed, emend, emyde, emyds, ended, ender, endow, endue, ephod, epode, equid, erode, erred, etude, evade, exude, faced, faded, fader, fades, fadge, faked, famed, fared, fated, faxed, fayed, fazed, feeds, felid, fends, feods, feted, fetid, feuds, feued, fidge, field, fiend, fifed, filed, fined, fired, fixed, fjeld, flied, flued, foxed, freed, fremd, fried, fudge, fumed, fused, fuzed, gaged, gamed, gaped, gated, gazed, gelds, gelid, geode, geoid, gibed, glade, glede, gleds, gleed, glide, glued, godet, gored, grade, greed, gride, gudes, guide, guyed, gybed, gyred, gyved, haded, hades, haled, hared, hated, hawed, hayed, hazed, heads, heady, heard, heder, hedge, hedgy, heeds, herds, hewed, hexad, hexed, hided, hider, hides, hiked, hired, hived, hoked, holed, homed, honed, hoped, horde, hosed, hyped, ideal, ideas, idled, idler, idles, imbed, imide, imped, index, indie, indue, inked, inned, irade, irked, isled, ivied, jaded, jades, japed, jawed, jehad, jerid, jewed, jibed, jived, joked, jowed, joyed, judge, juked, kedge, kendo, keyed, kheda, kited, knead, kneed, laced, laded, laden, lader, lades, ladle, laked, lamed, lased, lated, laved, lawed, layed, lazed, leads, leady, ledge, ledgy, lends, leuds, liked, limed, lined, lived, lobed, loden, lodes, lodge, looed, loped, loved, lowed, loxed, lubed, ludes, luged, lured, luted, lysed, maced, madre, maned, mated, mawed, mayed, mazed, meads, medal, media, medic, medii, meeds, melds, menad, mends, merde, meted, mewed, midge, miked, mimed, mined, mired, mixed, model, modem, modes, monde, mooed, moped, moved, mowed, muled, mured, mused, muted, naked, naled, named, needs, needy, nerds, nerdy, nided, nides, nixed, nodes, nosed, noted, nuder, nudes, nudge, nudie, nuked, oared, odder, odeon, odeum, odyle, offed, ogled, oiled, olden, older, oldie, oohed, oozed, opted, orbed, order, oread, outed, owned, oxide, paced, padle, padre, paged, paled, paned, pared, pated, paved, pawed, payed, pedal, pedes, pedro, pends, perdu, perdy, piked, piled, pined, piped, plead, plied, poked, poled, pored, posed, poxed, preed, pride, pried, prude, pseud, puked, puled, raced, raged, raked, raped, rared, rased, rated, raved, raxed, rayed, razed, readd, reads, ready, rebid, redan, redds, reded, redes, redia, redid, redip, redly, redon, redos, redox, redry, redub, redux, redye, reeds, reedy, refed, rends, resid, resod, rewed, riced, rider, rides, ridge, riled, rimed, riped, rived, robed, rodeo, roped, rosed, roved, rowed, ruder, ruled, ryked, sabed, sades, sadhe, saned, sated, saved, sawed, scend, sedan, seder, sedge, sedgy, sedum, seeds, seedy, sends, sered, sewed, sexed, shade, sheds, shend, sherd, shied, shoed, shred, sided, sides, sidle, siped, sired, sited, sized, skeed, skied, skyed, sleds, slide, slued, sneds, snide, soled, sonde, sowed, spade, spaed, speed, spend, spied, spode, spued, stade, stead, steed, stied, styed, suede, swede, tamed, taped, tared, tawed, taxed, teddy, teiid, teind, tends, tepid, tewed, tided, tides, tilde, tiled, timed, tined, tired, toked, toled, toned, toped, toted, towed, toyed, trade, tread, treed, trend, tried, trode, trued, tsade, tsked, tubed, tuned, tweed, tyned, typed, tyred, udder, umped, undee, under, undue, unfed, unled, unwed, upend, upped, uredo, urged, vaned, velds, veldt, vends, vexed, viced, video, vined, vised, voled, voted, vowed, waded, wader, wades, waged, waked, waled, waned, wared, waved, waxed, weald, wedel, wedge, wedgy, weeds, weedy, weird, welds, wends, widen, wider, wides, wield, wifed, wiled, wined, wiped, wired, wised, wited, wived, wodge, wooed, wowed, wried, wyled, wyted, yawed, yield, yodel, yodle, yoked, yowed, zoned. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)383915 |
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