ds

ds is the plural of d.

ds is the abbreviation of double-stranded.

Meaning of d

Letter

(letter, lowercase) The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
- Rupert. I am told so, sir. But then so does the other Cadell. A devastating creature who spells it with two d’s.1929, Patrick Hamilton, Rope, New York City: Samuel French, Act I, page 30

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Meaning of double-stranded

Adjective

double-stranded (not comparable)

Having two strands.
That have two helical strands of nucleic acid that wind around each other and are connected by hydrogen bonds.

Adjective capitalized: DS

DS (not comparable)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of drug susceptible or drug sensitive.

Antonyms:

DR

Noun (1) capitalized: DS

DS (countable and uncountable, plural DSs or DSes)

(abbreviation, attributive, initialism, usually) Initialism of double strength.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Down syndrome.
(Australia, New Zealand, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Douglas Score (point ranking for deer antlers).
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of detective sergeant; a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
(abbreviation, clipping) Clipping of Nintendo DS.
- It's been rumored for months, but Square Enix finally made it official: Kingdom Hearts is coming to DS.2007 December, “Big in Japan”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 16
- If you make a shark that looks like a kid caught with a DS under the pillow at 2 AM choose violence, you asked for it in everything but writing.2025 December 24, Mamadou Ndiaye, “Why You Never Look This Shark in the Eyes”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtIt3cIv9Rc&t=255s, Casual Geographic
(abbreviation, clipping) Clipping of DS Automobiles.
(UK, abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of directing staff.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of disjunctive syllogism.
- Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the...2004 August, J. L. Schellenberg, “The Atheist’s Free Will Offence”, in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, volume 56, № 1, pages 11-12
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of dal segno.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of dear/darling son.
- You can get the general idea from a recent comment in response to a request from a mother for advice on where to send her DS (Darling Son) to school.2011 March 17, Toby Young, “Mumsnet isn't representative of the 'squeezed middle'. It's just a bunch of Guardian-reading, laptop-wielding harpies”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 20...
(alternative) Alternative form of D/s.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of decision science.

Proper noun capitalized: DS

(abbreviation) Abbreviation of Discord.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ds

(plural) plural of D

Antonyms of ds

Forms of ds

Adjective
alternative form	D. S.
alternative form	D.S.
Noun
plural	DSs
plural	DSes

Words formed from ds

DS-TB

Phrases with ds

Questions about ds

What is ds the plural of?: Ds is the plural of d.
What part of speech is ds?: Ds can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near ds in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: ds (page history and authors); DS (page history and authors); Ds (page history and authors); d (page history and authors); double-stranded (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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