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      dashboard dashboards

      NOUN the instrument panel in a car

      data

      NOUN information, usually in the form of facts or statistics

       Data is really a plural word, but is usually used as a singular word: Customer data is stored here.

      database databases

      NOUN a collection of information stored in a computer

      date dates

      NOUN 1 a particular day or year that can be named • What is your date of birth?

      2 If you have a date, you have an appointment to meet someone.

      3 a small, brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees.

      daughter daughters

      NOUN Someone’s daughter is their female child.

      dawdle dawdles, dawdling, dawdled

      VERB If you dawdle, you are slow about doing something or going somewhere. • Don’t dawdle, we have to be there in ten minutes.

      dawn dawns

      NOUN the time in the morning when light first appears in the sky

      day days

      NOUN 1 the time taken between one midnight and the next. There are 24 hours in one day.

      2 the period of light between sunrise and sunset

      daydream daydreams, daydreaming, daydreamed

      NOUN 1 pleasant thoughts about things that you would like to happen

      VERB 2 When you daydream, you drift off into a daydream.

      daylight

      NOUN the part of the day when it is light

      daytime

      NOUN the part of the day when it is light

      daze

      PHRASE If you are in a daze, you are confused and bewildered.

      dazzle dazzles, dazzling, dazzled

      VERB If a bright light dazzles you, it blinds you for a moment.

      dazzling ADJECTIVE

      de-

      PREFIX added to some words to mean removal or reversal of something • She debugged the computer program. • We had to defrost the windscreen before leaving.

      dead

      ADJECTIVE 1 no longer living

      2 no longer functioning • The phone went dead.

      ADVERB 3 precisely or exactly • We arrived dead on eight o’clock.

      deadly deadlier, deadliest

      ADJECTIVE 1 likely or able to cause death • a deadly disease

      ADVERB OR ADJECTIVE 2 used to emphasize how serious or unpleasant something is • deadly dangerous • deadly serious

      deaf deafer, deafest

      ADJECTIVE Deaf people are unable to hear anything or unable to hear well.

      deafening

      ADJECTIVE A deafening sound is so loud that you cannot hear anything else.

      deal deals, dealing, dealt

      NOUN 1 an agreement or arrangement, especially in business

      VERB 2 If you deal with something, you do what is necessary to sort it out.

      3 When you deal cards, you give them out to the players.

      PHRASE 4 A good deal or a great deal of something is a lot of it.

      dear dearer, dearest

      NOUN 1 You call someone dear as a sign of affection.

      ADJECTIVE 2 Something that is dear is very expensive.

      3 You use dear at the beginning of a letter, with the name of the person you are writing to. • Dear Sunita.

      death deaths

      NOUN the end of the life of a human being or other animal or plant

      debate debates, debating, debated

      NOUN 1 argument or discussion

      2 a formal discussion in which opposing views are expressed

      VERB 3 When people debate something, they discuss it in a formal way.

      debit card debit cards

      NOUN a plastic card that allows someone to buy goods using the money in their bank account

      debris

      NOUN fragments or rubble left after something has been destroyed • After the eruption, volcanic debris was found scattered for miles.

      debt debts

      NOUN a sum of money that someone owes

      debut debuts

      NOUN a performer’s first public appearance

      decade decades

      NOUN a period of ten years

      decaffeinated

      ADJECTIVE Decaffeinated coffee or tea has had most of the caffeine removed.

      decathlon decathlons

      NOUN an athletic competition in which competitors take part in ten different events

      decay decays, decaying, decayed

      VERB When things decay, they rot or go bad.

      deceased

      ADJECTIVE FORMAL A deceased person is someone who has recently died.

      deceit

      NOUN behaviour that makes people believe something to be true that is not true

      deceive deceives, deceiving, deceived

      VERB If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true.

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