D.A.

noun

a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus

• Syn: ↑Doctor of Arts

• Hypernyms: ↑doctor's degree, ↑doctorate

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1. delayed action.

2. direct action.

3. District Attorney.

4. documents against acceptance.

5. documents for acceptance.

6. doesn't answer; don't answer.

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da¹ «dah», noun.

Dialect or Informal. father: »

Your da gave you advice and you resented it (Sean O'Faolain).

╂[apparently < children's speech]

da² «dah», adverb, noun.

Russian. yes: »

They made concessions where the conceding did them no hurt: a da instead of a nyet in the U.N. Security Council (Time).

da (no period),

deca-.

da.,

1. daughter.

2. day or days.

Da.,

Danish.

DA (no periods),

an abbreviation for the following:

1. delayed action.

2. deposit account.

3. a) documents against acceptance. b) documents for acceptance.

4. don't answer.

D.A.,

district attorney.

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DA [DA] (BrE) (US D.A.) [ˌdiː ˈeɪ] [ˌdiː ˈeɪ] abbreviation

District Attorney