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  1. December
 WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025-dec-, root.
  1. -dec- comes from Latin and Greek, where it has the meaning "ten.'' This meaning is found in such words as: decade, Decalogue, decathlon, decennial, decimal, decimate.
Dec or Dec., an abbreviation of:
  1. December.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025dec-,
  1. var. of deca- before a vowel:decathlon.
Dec.,
  1. December.
dec.,
    1. (in prescriptions) pour off.
      • Latin dēcantā
    2. deceased.
    3. decimeter.
    4. Grammardeclension.
    5. decrease.
    6. Music and Dancedecrescendo.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025deca-,
  1. a combining form meaning "ten,'' used in the formation of compound words:decapod.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] dec-. Cf. deci-, deka.
  • Greek deka-, combining form of déka ten; cognate with Latin decem
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dec. abbreviation for
  1. deceased
  2. decrescendo
 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: deca-, deka- (before a vowel)dec-, dek- prefix
  1. denoting ten: decagon. In conjunction with scientific units the symbol da is used
Etymology: from Greek deka 'Dec' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): Ambrose - Becket - Capricorn - Christmas - Clement of Alexandria - dec. - deca- - deck - Ember days - Ignatius - John - John of Damascus - John of the Cross - Lucy - New Year's Eve - Rundstedt - Sagittarius - Stephen - Thomas - World War I - World War II - Xavier - art deco - binary-coded decimal system - chlordecone - circulating decimal - dean - dec- - decadal - decahydrate - Decalogue - decanal - decane - decanoic acid - decastyle - decathlon - decatyl alcohol - deccan hemp - December - decennary - decigram - decile - deciliter - decillion - decimal - decimal classification - decimal fraction - decimalize - decimal system - decimate

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