ds

¹ American

abbreviation

decistere; decisteres.

Ds ² American

Symbol, Chemistry, Physics.

darmstadtium.
(formerly) dysprosium.

DS ³ American

abbreviation

dear/darling son (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's son).

DS has no friends in school.

d.s. ⁴ American

abbreviation

daylight saving.
Commerce. days after sight. Also D/S
document signed.

D.S. ⁵ American

abbreviation

Music. from the sign.

D.S. ⁶ American

abbreviation

Doctor of Science.

DS British

abbreviation

Also: ds. music dal segno
Detective Sergeant

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Etymology

Origin of D.S.

From Italian dal segno

Example Sentences

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Only eight banks got Bs, while the majority got Cs; 36 got Ds.

From MarketWatch

The words are thought to reference the "three Ds of insurance" - tactics used by companies to reject payment claims from customers.

From BBC

It means the device, which saw a huge boom in sales over the pandemic, has now surpassed the Nintendo DS as the firm's most successful gaming hardware.

From BBC

The Switch 1 has now sold 155.37 million units -- overtaking the Nintendo DS to be its best-selling hardware of all time.

From Barron's

DS Smith’s North American assets will stay inside the International Paper company, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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