I. ˈdē noun
( plural d's or ds ˈdēz)
Usage: often capitalized, often attributive
1.
a. : the fourth letter of the English alphabet
b. : an instance of this letter printed, written or otherwise represented
c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic d (as d in did, raider, Edgar, or French duc )
2. : 500 — see number table
3.
a. : the keynote of D major or D minor
b. : the tone D
4. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter d
5. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated d especially as the fourth in order or class
6.
a. : a grade assigned by a teacher or examiner rating a student's work as poor in quality
barely passed geometry with a D
b. : one graded or rated with a D
a D student
a D movie
the theme was a D
7. : something having the shape of the capital letter D ; specifically : a semicircle on a pool table that is about 22 inches in diameter and is used especially in snooker games
II. abbreviation
Usage: often capitalized
1. dam
2. dame
3. damn
4. date
5. daughter
6. day
7. deacon
8. dead
9. dean
10. deceased
11. deci-
12. deciduous
13. defeated
14. degree
15. dele; delete
16. democratic
17. demy
18.
[Latin denarius; denarii ]
penny; pence
19. density
20. depart; departure
21. department
22. deputy
23. deserted; deserter
24. diameter
25. died
26. differential
27. dime
28. dimensional
29. dinar
30. diopter
31. director
32. discharged
33. distance
34. dividend
35. division
36. doctor
37. dog
38. dollar
39. dominus
40. dorsal
41. dose
42. double
43. dowager
44. drachma
45. driving
46. drizzling
47. duchess; duchy; duke
48. dyne
III. symbol
1. capitalized Deuteronomy — used in biblical criticism to designate especially redactions of biblical material made under the editorship of Deuteronomic writers
2. capitalized deuterium
3. deuteron
4. capitalized D day
wounded in the stomach on the morning of D plus three — Laurence Critchell
5. capitalized duodecimo