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Definition: DD |
DDNoun1. A doctor's degree in religion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "DD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1630. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Dd /dee-dee/ vt. [Unix: from IBM JCL] Equivalent to cat or BLT. Originally the name of a Unix copy command with special options suitable for block-oriented devices; it was often used in heavy-handed system maintenance, as in "Let's `dd' the root partition onto a tape, then use the boot PROM to load it back on to a new disk". The Unix `dd(1)' was designed with a weird, distinctly non-Unixy keyword option syntax reminiscent of IBM System/360 JCL (which had an elaborate DD `Dataset Definition' specification for I/O devices); though the command filled a need, the interface design was clearly a prank. The jargon usage is now very rare outside Unix sites and now nearly obsolete even there, as `dd(1)' has been deprecated for a long time (though it has no exact replacement). The term has been displaced by BLT or simple English `copy'. Source: Jargon File. |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "DD."
| 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 |
DD | English | Due date | N/A |
DD | French | Dilute and disperse | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Environment |
DD | German | Datei-Definition | Computing |
DD | Portuguese | Dotações diferenciadas | European Union, Finance |
| BLR DD | English | The British Library-Research and Development Department | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: DDSynonym: Doctor of Divinity (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: DD |
| Specialty definitions using "DD": absorbed dose rate ♦ blit ♦ day degree. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Emergency Ward DD (1997) One Million Years DD (1992) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Dialogue on Diarrhoea : Facts about DD.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Lengerich EJ, Addiss DG, Juranek DD. Severe giardiasis in the United States. (references) | |
Herwaldt BL, Juranek DD. Laboratory-acquired malaria, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, and toxoplasmosis. (references) | ||
Addiss DG, Juranek DD, Spencer HC. Treatment of children with asymptomatic and nondiarrheal Giardia infection. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.74% of the time. "DD" is used about 115 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) | 81.74% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Noun (singular) | 10.43% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (common) | 6.09% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.87% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.87% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 115 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DD": Dd-duck, dd-mmm-yyyy, dd-unemployment. | |
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| 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 |
dd | 958 |
dd 214 | 220 |
dd cup | 131 |
dd form | 118 |
dd girl | 95 |
dd tit | 78 |
dd 214 form | 76 |
dd dice | 53 |
1351 2 dd | 52 |
dd breast | 52 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | DD-MM-ÅÅ format (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format), europæisk datoformat (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
Dutch | Europese weergavevorm van de datum (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
Finnish | PP-KK-VV-muoto (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format), eurooppalainen päiväysmuoto (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
French | format JOUR,MOIS,ANNEE (DD-MM-YY format), format de date européen (DD-MM-YY format), adresse de livraison des annuaires (DD address). (various references) | |
German | europäisches Datumsformat (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
Greek | ευρωπαϊκή μορφή απεικόνισης ημερομηνίας (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
Italian | formato GG-MM-AA (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format), formato di data europeo (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | dday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | formato Europeu da data (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format), formato dia-mês-ano (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
Spanish | formato de fecha europeo (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
Swedish | DD-MM-ÅÅ-format (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format), europeiskt datumformat (DAY, DD-MM-YY format, European-date format, MONTH, YEAR format). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DD": add, misadd, odd, outadd, readd, redd, rudd, sudd, superadd. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DD": addable, addax, addaxes, added, addedly, addend, addenda, addends, addendum, adder, adders, addible, addict, addicted, addicting, addiction, addictions, addictive, addicts, adding, addition, additional, additionally, additions, additive, additively, additives, additivities, additivity, additory, addle, addled, addlepated, addles, addling, address, addressabilities, addressability, addressable, addressed, addressee, addressees, addresser, addressers, addresses, addressing, addrest, adds, adduce, adduced, adducent, adducer, adducers, adduces, adducing, adduct, adducted, adducting, adduction, adductions, adductive, adductor, adductors, adducts, astraddle, backslidden, badder, baddest, baddie, baddies, baddy, beddable, bedded, bedder, bedders, bedding, beddings, bedridden, befuddle, befuddled, befuddlement, befuddlements, befuddles, befuddling, begladded, begladding, bemadden, bemaddened, bemaddening, bemaddens, bemuddle, bemuddled, bemuddles, bemuddling, bestridden, bestudded, bestudding, biddabilities, biddability, biddable, biddably, bidden, bidder, bidders, biddies, bidding, biddings, biddy, bladder, bladderlike, bladdernut, bladdernuts, bladders, bladderwort, bladderworts, bladdery, bobsledded, bobsledder, bobsledders, bobsledding, bobsleddings, boddhisattva, boddhisattvas, bradded, bradding, budded, budder, budders, buddied, buddies, budding, buddings, buddle, buddleia, buddleias, buddles, buddy, buddying, caddice, caddices, caddie, caddied, caddies, caddis, caddises, caddish, caddishly, caddishness, caddishnesses, caddisworm, caddisworms, caddy, caddying, cheddar, cheddars, cheddite, cheddites, chidden, chuddah, chuddahs, chuddar, chuddars, chudder, chudders, cladding, claddings, cloddier, cloddiest, cloddish, cloddishness, cloddishnesses, cloddy, codded, codder, codders, codding, coddle, coddled, coddler, coddlers, coddles, coddling, counterbidden, counterbidding, crudded, cruddier, cruddiest, crudding, cruddy, cuddie, cuddies, cuddle, cuddled, cuddler, cuddlers, cuddles, cuddlesome, cuddlier, cuddliest, cuddling, cuddly, cuddy, cycloaddition, cycloadditions, daddies, daddle, daddled, daddles, daddling, daddy, demigoddess, demigoddesses, diddle, diddled, diddler, diddlers, diddles, diddley, diddleys, diddlies, diddling, diddly, diddlysquat, disbudded, disbudding, dodder, doddered, dodderer, dodderers, doddering, dodders, doddery, dogsledded, dogsledder, dogsledders, dogsledding, downtrodden, duddie, duddy, eddied, eddies, eddo, eddoes, eddy, eddying, eisteddfod, eisteddfodau, eisteddfodic, eisteddfods, embedded, embedding, embeddings, faddier, faddiest, faddish, faddishness, faddishnesses, faddism, faddisms, faddist, faddists, faddy, featherbedded, featherbedding, featherbeddings, fiddle, fiddleback, fiddlebacks, fiddled, fiddlehead, fiddleheads, fiddler, fiddlers, fiddles, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, fiddling, fiddly, fodder, foddered, foddering, fodders, forbiddance, forbiddances, forbidden, forbidder, forbidders, forbidding, forbiddingly, forecaddie, forecaddies, fuddle, fuddled, fuddles, fuddling, gadded, gadder, gadders, gaddi, gadding, gaddis, gallbladder, gallbladders, giddap, giddied, giddier, giddies, giddiest, giddily, giddiness, giddinesses, giddy, giddyap, giddying, giddyup, gladded, gladden, gladdened, gladdening, gladdens, gladder, gladdest, gladding, goddam, goddammed, goddamming, goddamn, goddamned, goddamning, goddamns, goddams, goddaughter, goddaughters, godded, goddess, goddesses, godding, grandaddies, grandaddy, granddad, granddaddies, granddaddy, granddads, granddam, granddams, granddaughter, granddaughters, gridder, gridders, griddle, griddlecake, griddlecakes, griddled, griddles, griddling, haddest, haddock, haddocks, hagridden, headdress, headdresses, heddle, heddles, hidden, hiddenite, hiddenites, hiddenly, hiddenness, hiddennesses, hodaddies, hodaddy, hodden, hoddens, hoddin, hoddins, huddle, huddled, huddler, huddlers, huddles, huddling, imbedded, imbedding, interbedded, interbedding, intermeddle, intermeddled, intermeddler, intermeddlers, intermeddles, intermeddling, joyridden, judder, juddered, juddering, judders, kaddish, kaddishes, kaddishim, keddah, keddahs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d" | |
+1 letter: add, dad, did, dud, odd. | |
+2 letters: adds, dada, dado, dads, dead, deed, dido, didy, died, dodo, duad, dude, duds, dyad, dyed, eddo, eddy, odds, redd, rudd, sudd. | |
+3 letters: addax, added, adder, addle, aided, audad, baddy, biddy, bided, boded, buddy, caddy, ceded, coded, cuddy, dadas, daddy, dados, dandy, dared, dated, dawed, dazed, deads, dedal, deeds, deedy, deked, deled, dewed, diced, didie, didos, didst, diked, dildo, dined, diode, dived, dodge, dodgy, dodos, doled, domed, doped, dosed, doted, dowdy, dowed, dozed, dread, dreed, dried, droid, druid, dryad, duads, duddy, duded, dudes, duked, duped, dured, dyads, dyked, edged, ended, faddy, faded, gaddi, gadid, giddy, haded, hided, hodad, idled, iodid, jaded, kiddo, kiddy, laded, middy, muddy, nided, noddy, odder, oddly, paddy, readd, redds, reded, redid, rudds, ruddy, sided, soddy, sudds, teddy, tided, toddy, udder, undid, waddy, waded, widdy. | |
+4 letters: abided, aboded, addend, adders, addict, adding, addled, addles, adduce, adduct, adored, alidad, aoudad, audads, badder, baddie, badged, balded, banded, barded, beaded, bedded, bedder, bedrid, bended, bidden, bidder, birded, bladed, bodied, bonded, budded, budder, buddle, budged, caddie, caddis, cadged, candid, carded, caudad, chided, cloddy, codded, codder, coddle, corded, cruddy, cuddie, cuddle, cuddly, curded, dabbed, daddle, dadoed, dadoes, daedal, daffed, daledh, dammed, damned, damped, danced, dander, dandle, danged, dapped, darked, darned, darted, dashed, daubed, dauted, dawdle, dawned, dawted, daybed, deaden, deader, deadly, deaned, deaved, decade, decide, decked, decode, dedans, deduce, deduct, deeded, deemed, defend, defied, defund, deiced, delead, delude, delved, demand, demode, demoed, denied, denned, dented, denude, deodar, depend, deride, desand, desmid, deuced, devoid, diacid, diadem, dialed, dibbed, dicked, didact, diddle, diddly, didies, didoes, dieted, digged, dikdik, dildoe, dildos, dilled, dimmed, dindle, dinged, dinked, dinned, dinted, diodes, dioxid, dipody, dipped, dirdum, dirked, dirled, dirndl, disbud, disced, dished, disked, dissed, divide, doated, docked, dodder, dodged, dodgem, dodger, dodges, dodoes, doffed, dogdom, dogged, doiled, doited, dolled, donned, doodad, doodle, doomed, dorado, dorsad, dossed, dotard, dotted, doused, downed, dowsed, draped, drayed, dreads, dredge, dreidl, droids, droned, droved, drownd, drudge, druids, dryads, dubbed, ducked, ducted, duddie, dudeen, duding, dudish, dueled, duende, dulled, dumbed, dumdum, dumped, dunged, dunked, dunned, dunted, dupped, durned, dusked, dusted, dwined, dyadic, dynode, eddied, eddies, eddoes, edited, educed, elided, eluded, endued, eroded, evaded, exuded, fadged, farded, fended, feuded, fiddle, fiddly, fidged, fodder, folded, fonded, forded, fordid, fuddle, fudged, funded, gadded, gadder, gaddis, gadids, gadoid, gelded, giddap, gilded, girded, glided, goaded, goddam, godded, graded, grided, guided, handed, headed, heddle, hedged, heeded, herded, hidden, hodads, hodden, hoddin, hooded, horded, huddle, hydrid, indeed, indued, iodide, iodids, ixodid, judder, judged, keddah, kedged, kidded, kidder, kiddie, kiddos, kidvid, ladder, laddie, ladled, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lidded, loaded, lodged, lorded, madded, madden, madder, meddle, mediad, melded, mended, midday, midden, middle, minded, misadd, misdid, molded, mudded, mudder, muddle, muddly, needed, nodded, nodder, noddle, nudged, oddest, oddish, oddity, odored, ogdoad, outadd, outdid, padded, padder, paddle, peddle, pended, piddle, piddly, podded, ponded, prided, puddle, puddly, radded, raddle, raided, readds, redbud, redded, redden, redder, reddle, redyed, reeded, rended, ridded, ridden, ridder, riddle, ridged, rinded, rodded, rudder, ruddle, sadden, sadder, saddhu, saddle, sanded, seeded, sended, shaded, shoddy, siddur, sidled, skiddy, sodded, sodden, sordid, spaded, sudden, sudsed, sueded, tedded, tedder, tended, tiddly, tidied, toddle, traded, udders, undead, undyed, vended, voided, wadded, wadder, waddie, waddle, waddly, warded, wedded, wedder, wedged, weeded, welded, wended, widder, widdie, widdle, winded, woaded, wooded, worded, yarded, yodled, zaddik. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 44 |
| 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 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0044 |
| 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)3838 |
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