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da
1[ duh; Italian dah; Portuguese duh, dah ]
preposition
- from; of (used in Italian and Portuguese personal names, originally to indicate place of origin):
Lorenzo da Ponte; Vasco da Gama.
DA
2[ dee-ey ]
noun
- a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
da
3[ dah ]
adverb
- yes.
DA
4- Department of Agriculture.
- Dictionary of Americanisms.
da.
5abbreviation for
- daughter.
- day; days.
DA.
6abbreviation for
- (in Algeria) dinar; dinars.
D/A
7- (sometimes lowercase) days after acceptance.
- deposit account.
- documents against acceptance.
- documents for acceptance.
D.A.
8abbreviation for
- delayed action.
- direct action.
- District Attorney.
- documents against acceptance.
- documents for acceptance.
- doesn't answer; don't answer.
DA
1abbreviation for
- (in the US) District Attorney
- Diploma of Art
- duck's arse (hairstyle)
D/A
2abbreviation for
- deposit account
- commerce documents against acceptance
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Example Sentences
Ferdinand Pecora, later a famous judge, then an assistant D.A. and a strong trial lawyer, moved in on Titanic confidently.
Titanic then sent for the D.A.'s men, made “important disclosures” (the papers said), and was released on $10,000 bail.
Whatever he said, it was plain that the D.A. thought he had laid hold of a fine, friendly witness.
Then the charges were dropped by D.A. Kuh in exchange for Petit doing a free performance “for the children of the city.”
Johnny felt so right about this, he took along the D.A.—might have to read someone his rights.
But you kind of figured on lifting that gadget as soon as he gets it back from the D.A., didn't you?
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