dc
/dˌisˈi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Initialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.
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Initialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Initialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.
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Initialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.
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Ellipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.
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Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.
Example Sentences
- "Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others in DC due to a recent leg amputation, gave the invocation Thursday, saying in part, “I pray that we, all of us look inside about where we want this world to go, this state, this House, and look at it from the perspective of trying to find as much common ground as can be found.”"
- "Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC)."
- "I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC."
- "The DC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest."
- "I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC"
- "Disciplinary Control is a form of segregation in which inmates who have been found guilty of an institutional rule, pursuant to the Administrative Rule (AR) 5120-9-08, may be placed. Per the AR 5120-9-11, inmates can receive placement in DC for 15 days as a result of a single rule violation or a series of rule violations arising from one event. An inmate can also receive an additional 15 days for two or more unrelated violations or for any violations committed while in DC. However, no inmate shall spend more than 30 consecutive days in DC."
Usage
- Informal
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
AC/DC
WDC