Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix from Latin
de down, from, away; as inde bark,de cline,de cease,de duct,de camp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latindis- apart, away; or sometimes tode . Cf.dis- . It is negative and opposite inde range,de form,de stroy, etc. It is intensive inde prave,de spoil,de clare,de solate, etc.
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- prefix Meaning
reversal ,undoing orremoving . - prefix
Intensifying . - prefix Meaning
from ,off .
Etymologies
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Examples
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How it was administered I think was the problem, not the decision to have a de- Baathification process.
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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
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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
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"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.
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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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But for TCS the project was plagued with problems and de- lays from the start.
Forbes.com: News Shishir Prasad 2011
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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.
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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.
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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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