dec

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adjective

declared

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ddesquamated epithelial celldominant energy conditionDecemberdeclinationcelestial latitude
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Meanings

dec1

adjective
  1. ball gamesdeclared

    Synonyms: d

noun
  1. abbreviationcomputingAbbreviation of decrement.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of declaration.
  3. abbreviationAbbreviation of decoration.
verb
  1. abbreviationbusinessAbbreviation of decrease.

    Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

    2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love, page 44

Dec2

proper nounDec (plural Decs)

plural Decs

Dec3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of December.

DEC4

nounDEC (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of diethylcarbamazine.
  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of diethyl carbonate.
  3. abbreviationinitialismuncountabledermatologyInitialism of desquamated epithelial cell.

    Synonyms: desquamated epithelial cell

  4. abbreviationuncountablenatural sciencesAbbreviation of dominant energy condition

    Synonyms: dominant energy condition

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dec (“December”).
  2. Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedeclared

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More synonyms by meaning

nounthe last (12th) month of the year

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Broader
Gregorian calendar month

noun(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere

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declinationcelestial latitude

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Dec · proper noun

Clipping of Declan.

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Dec · proper noun

Abbreviation of December.

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Translations

Afrikaans Des.
  • Des.abbreviation of December
Basque abe.
  • abe.abbreviation of December
Bengali ডিসে
  • ডিসে (ḍiśe)abbreviation of December
Bulgarian дек, дек.
  • дек (dek)abbreviation of December
  • дек. (dek.)abbreviation of December
Catalan des.
  • des.abbreviation of December
Czech pro
  • proabbreviation of December
Danish dec.
  • dec.abbreviation of December
Dutch dec
  • decabbreviation of December
Estonian dets
  • detsabbreviation of December
Finnish joulu, jouluk.
  • jouluabbreviation of December
  • jouluk.abbreviation of December
French déc.
  • déc.abbreviation of December
German Dez.
  • Dez.abbreviation of December
Greek Δεκ
  • Δεκ (Dek)abbreviation of December
Hebrew דצמ׳
  • דצמ׳ (detsem.)abbreviation of December
Hindi दिस॰
  • दिस॰ (dis.)abbreviation of December
Hungarian dec.
  • dec.abbreviation of December
Icelandic des.
  • des.abbreviation of December
Indonesian Des
  • Desabbreviation of December
Italian dic., dic
  • dic.abbreviation of December
  • dicabbreviation of December
Latvian dec.
  • dec.abbreviation of December
Lithuanian gruod.
  • gruod.abbreviation of December
Malay Dis
  • Disabbreviation of December
Norwegian Bokmål des.
  • des.abbreviation of December
Polish gru
  • gruabbreviation of December
Portuguese dez.
  • dez.abbreviation of December
Punjabi ਦਸੰ
  • ਦਸੰ (dasã)abbreviation of December
Romanian dec.
  • dec.abbreviation of December
Russian дек.
  • дек. (dek.)abbreviation of December
Scottish Gaelic Dùbh
  • Dùbhabbreviation of December
Slovak dec, dec.
  • decabbreviation of December
  • dec.abbreviation of December
Spanish dic., dic
  • dic.abbreviation of December
  • dicabbreviation of December
Swahili Des
  • Desabbreviation of December
Swedish dec., dec
  • dec.abbreviation of December
  • decabbreviation of December
Tagalog Dis., Dis
  • Dis.abbreviation of December
  • Disabbreviation of December
Tamil டிச.
  • டிச. (ṭica.)abbreviation of December
Thai ธ.ค.
  • ธ.ค. (tɔɔ.kɔɔ.)abbreviation of December
Turkish Ara
  • Araabbreviation of December
Ukrainian груд.
  • груд. (hrud.)abbreviation of December
Welsh Tach
  • Tachabbreviation of December

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Cite this entry
APA

dec. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dec

MLA

“dec.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dec. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dec,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dec.

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