deet
deet is the abbreviation of detail.
Meaning of detail
Noun
detail (countable and uncountable, plural details)
- A part small enough to escape casual notice.
- Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.
- Synonyms:
- minutia, technicality, trifle, triviality
- A profusion of details.
- This etching is full of fine detail.
- The small parts that can escape casual notice.
- Attention to detail was said to be one of the secrets of Gerrard's success as a player.2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2019
- A part considered trivial enough to ignore.
- I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.
- A person's name, address and other personal information.
- The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.
- A temporary unit or assignment.
- Frequently members of the small police detail dispatched to the scene joined in.2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 7, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020
- Synonyms:
- contingent, detachment
Proper noun (1) capitalized: DEET
DEET
- An insect repellent (chemical name N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) that can be applied to skin or clothing.
- According to my iPhone, there is 90 percent humidity during the outdoor dance. I presume 100 percent humidity involves drowning. Rivulets of sweat pour down my spine like caressing fingers. I spray DEET on myself so profusely I can taste the chemicals on my tongue through my nostrils.2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- diethyltoluamide
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Deet
Deet
- A barangay of Tayum, Abra, Philippines.
Synonyms of deet
Forms of deet
| plural | deets |
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Origin of deet
Abbreviation.
From d t, the initials of diethyl and toluamide in the name of the chemical.
Words that rhyme with deet
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- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
Questions about deet
- What does deet mean?
- Deet means an insect repellent (chemical name N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) that can be applied to skin or clothing.
- What is deet the abbreviation of?
- Deet is the abbreviation of detail.
- What part of speech is deet?
- Deet is a proper noun.
Words near deet in the dictionary
Source and license
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