Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dea

/dˈi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: dea
IPA: /dˈi/

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Drug Enforcement Administration.

American usage

noun

Initialism of diethanolamine.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of docosatetraenoylethanolamide.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And there were girls pettin' squirrels / And there were squirrels smokin' crack / With an old Navy Seal and the DEA / And a loaded automatic just to blow me all away / With a dog drinkin' liquor from a hole in the sky / And a picture of a pitcher throwin' pitches at a guy / He had a problem with his sister and her 3D cups / And a brother with a shovel just to shake it all up"
"When Trump announced Chronister as his pick Saturday, the president-elect said in a social media post: “As DEA Administrator, Chad will work with our great Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to secure the Border, stop the flow of Fentanyl, and other Illegal Drugs, across the Southern Border, and SAVE LIVES.”"

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

DEAs (plural)

Synonyms

drug enforcement administration drug enforcement agency

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce dea?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈi/.
What does dea mean?: Initialism of Drug Enforcement Administration.

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