Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.

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  • prefix Meaning reversal, undoing or removing.
  • prefix Intensifying.
  • prefix Meaning from, off.

Etymologies

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From the Latin preposition  ("of, from"), which is often attached directly to the beginnings of other Latin words.

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Examples

  • How it was administered I think was the problem, not the decision to have a de- Baathification process.

    Rumsfeld: Bush Was Wrong for Not Accepting Resignation 2011

  • I suppose you could say we are de- evolving back to the hairpin, then evolving forwards to the leopard from there.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • I suppose you could say we are de- evolving back to the hairpin, then evolving forwards to the leopard from there.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • "I have a very stressful job, and I ended up having the Google doctor telling me I need to exercise more and de- stress," Atienza said in a telephone interview.

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  • If you do, you have a risk of accelerated de- leveraging.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • For temporary de- bloating, though, Dr. Passler conceded, "It will help decrease any puffiness in the body caused by inflammation."

    NYT > Home Page By BEE-SHYUAN CHANG 2011

  • But for TCS the project was plagued with problems and de- lays from the start.

    Forbes.com: News Shishir Prasad 2011

  • The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the de- facto central bank, relaxed capital rules for lenders this week to boost the yuan's availability as loan demand surged.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • The members of the NTC say they will allow former regime members into the interim government to avoid the process of de- Baathification in Iraq that saw government officials loyal to Saddam Hussein purged from office, fueling sectarian tensions.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • For temporary de- bloating, though, Dr. Passler conceded, "It will help decrease any puffiness in the body caused by inflammation."

    NYT > Home Page By BEE-SHYUAN CHANG 2011

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