dec

«dec» in Mova's school dictionary: Short for December, the twelfth and last month of the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

abbreviation (dec, Dec, dec.)

meaning for a pupil

1) Short for December, the twelfth and last month of the year (Dec). tree →

2) (maths) Short for decimal (as in «2 dec. places»). tree →

3) Short for decrease, or for decreased/deceased in lists and records (dec. = deceased in family records). tree →

4) A fragment of longer words beginning dec-, such as decide or decorate. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: calendars and forms write months short (Dec). In maths and science: «round to 2 d.p.» or «2 dec. places». In records: «dec.» next to a name means the person has died. It is not a word on its own in speech.

examples

• Write Dec as short for December. tree →
• Round your answer to 2 dec. places. tree →
• The bill said «Dec» at the top. tree →
• In the family tree, «dec.» means deceased. tree →
• The graph label «dec» meant decrease. tree →
• Christmas falls in Dec. tree →

note

Not a full word; say the full word aloud. Capital D for the month (Dec), usually lower case for maths (dp or dec. pl.). Check the context to know which word is meant.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dec» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.