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dec

dec adjective: declared. Also the abbreviation of decrement.

Adjective

dec

  1. declared
    Synonyms:
    d

Noun capitalized: DEC

DEC (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of diethylcarbamazine.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of diethyl carbonate.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell.
    Synonyms:
    desquamated epithelial cell
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of dominant energy condition
    Synonyms:
    dominant energy condition

Proper noun (1) capitalized: DEC

DEC

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

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Dec

Dec (plural Decs)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Declan.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Dec

Dec

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of December.

Also used as

dec is also the abbreviation of decrement.

dec is also the abbreviation of declaration.

dec is also the abbreviation of decoration.

dec is also the abbreviation of decrease.

dec meaning in Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati and Odia

dec in Hindi

डी. ई. सी

dec in Punjabi

ਡੀ. ਈ. ਸੀ

dec in Gujarati

ડી. ઇ. સી

dec in Odia

ଡି. ଇ. ସି

Synonyms of dec

  • d
  • desquamated epithelial cell
  • dominant energy condition

Forms of dec

pluralDecs

Origin of dec

Clipping of Declan.

Abbreviation of December.

Words formed from dec

Questions about dec

What does dec mean?
Dec means declared.
What is dec in Hindi?
Dec in Hindi is डी. ई. सी. See Dec meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dec?
Dec can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near dec in the dictionary

  1. Debye-Scherrer method
  2. debyes
  3. debâcle
  4. debâcles
  5. debûtante
  6. dec
  7. dec'd
  8. dec-
  9. dec.
  10. deca
  11. deca dick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dec (page history and authors); DEC (page history and authors); Dec (page history and authors); dec (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dec (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dec (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dec (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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