Meanings
def.1
noundef. (plural defs.)
plural defs.
- abbreviationAbbreviation of definition.
Lots of writers, though, think fervent is synonymous with fervid, and most dictionary defs. don't do much to disabuse them.
2004, David Foster Wallace, “Twenty-Four Word Notes”, in Both Flesh and Not, New York, N.Y.; Boston, M.A.; London: Little, Brown and Company, published 2012, →ISBN, page 274Synonyms: def
Def.2
noun
- abbreviationlawAbbreviation of defense.
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def.. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/def.
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“def..” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/def.. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “def.,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/def..
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