dei
/diː iː aɪ/
dei is the alternative spelling of dey.
Meaning of dey
Interjection
- An informal Tamil-language term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.
- Dey! Did you press the lift button? What? You have pressed the button for the tenth time?2007, Elangovan, P, Singapore, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46
Noun capitalized: DEI
DEI (uncountable)
- Initialism of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- The former president’s son Donald Jr. swiped at Ms. Griner’s identity when he wrote that the Biden administration “was apparently worried that their DEI score would go down if they freed an American Marine,” using the corporate-world acronym for diversity, equity and inclusion.2022 December 9, Jonathan Weisman, Ken Bensinger, quoting Donald Trump Jr., “Blowback Over Griner’s Release Exposes Depth of America’s Divisions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the...
- The universities’ publicly stated positions imply that there is only one proper way to interpret the DEI trinity: through the concept of “anti-racism,” which may not mean what you think it means.2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2023
Proper noun capitalized: DEI
DEI
- Initialism of Dutch East Indies.
Synonyms of dei
Words formed from dei
Phrases with dei
Questions about dei
- What is dei the alternative spelling of?
- Dei is the alternative spelling of dey.
- What part of speech is dei?
- Dei can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dei?
- Dei is pronounced /diː iː aɪ/.
Words near dei in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dei (page history and authors); DEI (page history and authors); dey (page history and authors). 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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