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DAVE

"DAVE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone who is loved".

Date "DAVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1894. (references)

"DAVE" is a common misspelling or typo for: dace, dale, dame, dare, date, daze, diva, dive, dove.

 

Crosswords: DAVE

Specialty definitions using "DAVE": Artemis microkernelc386, Calc, COPPERFIELDDEMOCRACYFIB, fuzzballGEORGE-LLOYDjaccllccMicroEmacs, MicroGnuEmacs, mobyp2cReal Programmers Don't Use PascalStandard ML of New Jersey. (references)

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Modern Usage: DAVE

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Dave, Sherby doesn't think the Navy hangs people from yardarms anymore (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin. Based on the play by Aaron Sorkin.)

You know Dave, it's a thought (The Full Monty; writing credit: Simon Beaufoy)

Dave, it's good for us to experience new things (Thank God It's Friday; writing credit: Armyan Bernstein)

You're wasting that panorama on me, Nan. Save it for Dave Slade (Ladies They Talk About; writing credit: Brown Holmes; Dorothy Mackaye)

Yeah. This is Dave Beeth Oven (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon)

Lyrics

On that Dave Hollister Tip (Hey Ma; performing artist: Cam'ron)

Dave drop a load on 'em (O.P.P.; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

I'm Like Earth To Dave. (Pu**y; performing artist: R. Kelly)

Movie/TV Titles

The Dave Cash Radio Show (1972)

Snake Gully with Dad and Dave (1972)

Dave Allen at Large (1971)

The Dave King Show (1969)

Tonight with Dave Allen (1967)

Song Titles

Blue Rhondo A La Turk (performing artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet)

Pick Up Sticks (performing artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet)

Take Five (performing artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet)

Soul Man (performing artist: Sam and Dave)

Because (performing artist: The Dave Clark Five)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: DAVE

DomainTitle

References

  • Dave & Buster's Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Dave Barry in Cyberspace (reference)

  • Corvette from the Inside: The Development History as told by Dave McLellan, Corvette's Chief Engineer 1975-1992 (reference)

  • Dave Barry Does Japan (reference)

  • Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys (reference)

  • Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Dave Matthews Band - Live at Folsom Field Boulder Colorado (reference)

  • Jazz Casual - Dave Brubeck (reference)

  • Dave Koz: Off The Beaten Path (reference)

  • The Superman Cartoons of Max and Dave Fleischer (reference)

  • Dave Matthews Band - Listener Supported (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: DAVE

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

VRML Topographic Map Generator by Dave Pape. Credit: NASA.

MT. MITCHELL CTD operations - Field Operations Officer Dave Gardner on right Night-time deployment of CTD rosette CTD - Conductivity, Temperature, Depth measurements MT. MITCHELL CTD's used to determine ocean sound velocity structure In support of bathymetric mapping operations. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Lieutenants Dave Neander (l) and Rich Behn (r) at Seal Island They're really in the "cold seat!". Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Leopard seal; Lieutenants Rich Behn and Dave Neander gingerly approach large leopard seal. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Lee Crockett and Dave Meyer set gillnets in Poplar Harbor. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Dave Meyer and Chris Doley checking samples. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Seaman Surveyor Dave Ospenson enters the water to assist with tide gauge installation. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Lieutenant Commander Dave Kruth and Lieutenant E. J. Van Den Ameele discuss navigation while Seaman Surveyor Chris Alexander keeps a lookout and Seaman Surveyor Eric Heiner minds the helm. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

La Perouse Rock - Dave Olsen of National Park Service in bow of boat ready to land. Credit: Small World.

Dave Olsen of National Park Service jumping to zodiac launch at Lisianski Island. Credit: Small World.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: DAVE
 

"Dave the Gargoyle" by Victoria Clare
Commentary: "Dave at the bottom of the garden."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DAVE

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Zambia

There was no known action taken during the year, nor is any action likely to be taken, against the police responsible for torturing, beating, or otherwise abusing the persons in the following cases from 1999: The September case of Dave Wanjeke; the September case of Benson Mwale; the June case of Cedrick Phiri; and the March case of the young man at the Woodlands Police Station. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit. When David said: "All men are liars," Dave, Himself a liar, fibbed like any thief. Perhaps he thought to weaken disbelief By proof that even himself was not a slave To Truth; though I suspect the aged knave Had been of all her servitors the chief Had he but known a fig's reluctant leaf Is more than e'er she wore on land or wave. No, David served not Naked Truth when he Struck that sledge-hammer blow at all his race; Nor did he hit the nail upon the head: For reason shows that it could never be, And the facts contradict him to his face. Men are not liars all, for some are dead. Bartle Quinker

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: DAVE

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Tom Brokaw

Well, I like appearing with you and I like appearing with Dave, because I never know where the next question's coming from in both cases, and he always has an active interest in what's going on in the news as well as being very amusing obviously.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: DAVE

"DAVE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "DAVE" is used about 2,669 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)99.81%2,6643,439
Noun (singular)0.11%3202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.04%1339,140
Lexical Verb (base form)0.04%1339,140
                    Total100.00%2,669N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: DAVE

The following table summarizes the usage of "DAVE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
DaveFirst name Male53,000271
DaveLast name1,00018,269
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: DAVE

"DAVE" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone who is loved".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "DAVE."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
DavenaFemaleN/ADavid
DaviniaFemaleN/ADavid
DawudMaleArabicDavid
DavidMaleBiblicalN/A
DavethMaleCornishDavid
DavidMaleCzechN/A
DaveMaleEnglishDavid
DaveyMaleEnglishDavid
DavidMaleEnglishN/A
DavidaFemaleEnglishDavid
DavieMaleEnglishDavid
DavinaFemaleEnglishDavid
DavisMaleEnglishDavid
DavyMaleEnglishDavid
DawsonMaleEnglishDavid
TaavettiMaleFinnishDavid
TaaviMaleFinnishDavid
DavidMaleFrenchN/A
DávidMaleHungarianDavid
DaudMaleIndianDavid
DaithíMaleIrishDavid
DavideMaleItalianDavid
DavidMaleJewishN/A
DovidMaleJewishDavid
DudelMaleJewishDavid
DawidMalePolishDavid
DavidMaleRussianN/A
DàibhidhMaleScottishDavid
DaividhMaleScottishDavid
DafyddMaleWelshDavid
DaiMaleWelshDavid
DeweyMaleWelshDavid
DewiMaleWelshDavid
TaffyMaleWelshDavid
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: DAVE

CountryName
USA

Dave & Buster's Incorporated

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: DAVE

Expression using "DAVE": Dave the Resurrector. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Containing "DAVE": oh-dave-you-silly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DAVE

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dave matthew band

4,254

dave chapelle

240

dave matthew

2,741

dave.com jen

235

dave busters

2,192

dave matthew tab

235

jen and dave

1,115

dave matthew band ticket

226

dave matthew band lyrics

842

dave buster

223

dave letterman

838

dave brubeck

217

dave ramsey

771

dave matthew ticket

216

dave

650

dave pelzer

214

dave barry

590

dave clark five

211

dave navarro

562

dave mustaine

183

dave matthew lyrics

559

dave matthew band tab

151

dave price

510

dave cummings

144

dave gahan

499

dave koz

139

dave grohl

450

dave smith

134

dave hollister

387

dave matthew picture

118

dave chappelle

373

dave thomas

114

dave mirra

328

dave eggers

111

dave mathews band

318

dave pelz

108

dave motor smith

268

dave mason

106

attell dave

241

dave campbell

105
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DAVE

Language Translations for "DAVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Russian 

  

of David Дейв, дэйв. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: DAVE

Derivations

Words beginning with "DAVE": daven, davened, davening, davenport, davenports, davens. (additional references)

Words containing "DAVE": cadaver, cadaveric, cadaverine, cadaverines, cadaverous, cadaverously, cadavers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"DAVE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adve, Dage, D'alva, Darvi, dav, dava, D'aval, Davao, Davex, davi, Davlec, Davor, Davox, Davset, deve, Deven, Devoe, Dyve. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DAVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: deva.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-v"

-1 letter: ave, dev.

-2 letters: ad, ae, de, ed.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-v"
 

+1 letter: caved, daven, deave, devas, drave, eaved, evade, laved, paved, raved, saved, vaned, waved.

 

+2 letters: advect, advent, adverb, advert, advice, advise, avowed, braved, calved, carved, craved, dative, davens, davies, deaved, deaves, evaded, evader, evades, graved, halved, heaved, invade, leaved, paveed, reaved, salved, shaved, slaved, staved, vadose, vailed, valued, valved, vamped, vanned, varied, varved, vatted, vealed, vialed, visaed, waived, weaved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Images: Digital Art
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Spoken
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Names: Company Usage
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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