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deixes

UK/ˈdaɪksiːz/

deixes is the plural of deixis.

Meaning of deixis

Noun

deixis (countable and uncountable, plural deixes)

  1. The use of a word, such as a particle or pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the immediate physical, temporal, or grammatical context; a word used in such a way.
    • Deixis allows for economy of speech but may introduce ambiguity in recorded speech when referring to something physical.
    Synonyms:
    indexicality

Questions about deixes

What is deixes the plural of?
Deixes is the plural of deixis.
How do you pronounce deixes?
Deixes is pronounced /ˈdaɪksiːz/ (UK).

Words near deixes in the dictionary

  1. deityships
  2. Deitz
  3. Deitzel
  4. Deitzels
  5. Deitzes
  6. deixes
  7. deixis
  8. deization
  9. Deià
  10. DEJ
  11. Deja Newser

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deixes (page history and authors); deixis (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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