ds

1. pluralplural of d

1. abbreviationnot comparablebiochemistryAbbreviation of double-stranded.

1. pluralplural of D

alternative D. S. · alternative D.S.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemedicineInitialism of drug susceptible or drug sensitive.

   Antonyms: DR

plural DSs · plural DSes · alternative D. S. · alternative D.S.

1. abbreviationattributivecountableinitialismuncountableusuallymedicineInitialism of double strength.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Down syndrome.
3. AustraliaNew ZealandabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Douglas Score (point ranking for deer antlers).
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of detective sergeant; a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
5. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountablevideo gamesClipping of Nintendo DS.

   It's been rumored for months, but Square Enix finally made it official: Kingdom Hearts is coming to DS.

   2007 December 28, “Big in Japan”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 16

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   If you make a shark that looks like a kid caught with a DS under the pillow at 2 AM choose violence, you asked for it in everything but writing.

   2025 December 24, Mamadou Ndiaye, “Why You Never Look This Shark in the Eyes”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtIt3cIv9Rc&t=255s, Casual Geographic

6. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableautomotiveClipping of DS Automobiles.
7. UKabbreviationcountableinitialismslanguncountableInitialism of directing staff.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of disjunctive syllogism.

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   Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the argument may be formalized as follows: (1) [(p & q) & r] → s Premiss (2) ~s Premiss (3) ~[(p & q) & r] 1, 2 MT (4) ~(p & q) v ~r 3 DM (5) r Premiss (6) ~(p & q) 4, 5 DS (7) ~p v ~q 6 DM (3) follows from the conjunction of (1) and (2) by modus tollens; De Morgan’s law applied to (3) yields (4); (4) and (5) together lead to (6) by disjunctive syllogism; and another application of De Morgan’s law takes us from (6) to the final conclusion, according to which either God exists or there is free will (but not both).

   2004 August, J. L. Schellenberg, “The Atheist’s Free Will Offence”, in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, volume 56, № 1, pages 11-12

9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableentertainmentInitialism of dal segno.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of dear/darling son.

    You can get the general idea from a recent comment in response to a request from a mother for advice on where to send her DS (Darling Son) to school.

    2011 March 17, Toby Young, “Mumsnet isn't representative of the 'squeezed middle'. It's just a bunch of Guardian-reading, laptop-wielding harpies”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2011

11. alternativecountableuncountableBDSMAlternative form of D/s.
12. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablesciencesInitialism of decision science.

alternative D. S. · alternative D.S.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Discord.