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des
1[ dey ]
preposition
- used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.
DES
2abbreviation for
-des
3- a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek:
proboscides.
DES
abbreviation for
- Department of Education and Science
DES
- Short for diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and prescribed between 1938 and 1971 to pregnant women with a history of miscarriage and other problems of pregnancy. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers and other disorders in the daughters of women so treated.
Word History and Origins
Origin of des1
Example Sentences
Recently, within a medical malpractice lawsuit arising from the stillbirth of a baby at approximately 36 weeks of pregnancy, a MercyOne hospital in Des Moines and its fellow defendants sang a different tune.
Rue des Épinettes, where the school is located, has been closed off.
In many attacks, the perpetrators sprayed graffiti bearing the initials DDPF, which stands for Droits des Prisonniers Français - Rights for French Prison Inmates.
The president sued CBS News for $20 billion over a 60 Minutes interview with his 2024 opponent Kamala Harris; he sued the Des Moines Register over an election poll that wrongly predicted him to lose Iowa.
Since then, he has matured into a central piece in the new PSG assembled by coach Luis Enrique, performing superbly when Manchester City were beaten 4-2 at Parc des Princes in January, then delivering a brilliant cameo as a substitute before scoring the decisive penalty in the shootout win at Anfield in the last 16.
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