dd
abbreviation
today's date.
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Biology, Ecology. data deficient.
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damage dealer: (in a video game) a category of job classes in a role-playing game, best suited to inflict large amounts of damage to an enemy: Also DPS
If you need a DD, I have a level 49 Warrior, or a level 45 Hunter—if a ranged attack would be better.
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dear/darling daughter (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's daughter).
DD moving into her own apt today!
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D/D
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Commerce.
D.D.
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demand draft.
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Doctor of Divinity.
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Also: dd. direct debit
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Doctor of Divinity
Etymology
Origin of dd
From Latin dē datō
Example Sentences
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The author does not think much of this simple "dd reaction."
From Time Magazine Archive
Celt, non-initial d, W. dd, is retained as z in L�on but disappears when final or standing between vowels in the other dialects, e.g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Consider, for example, a sentence in a vi tutorial that looks like this: Then delete a line from the file by typing "dd".
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
The gametes they produce are D+d and d+d, and the fertilisations are therefore Dd, Dd, dd, dd, or heterozygote dominants and pure recessives in equal numbers.
From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.
As we see, the consonants in the rhyme-words were merely related: l, r, n, ng, m, dh, gh, bh, mh, ch, th, f could rime together just as could gg, dd, bb.
From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.
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