English to English Dictionary

Declination

The angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator.

Deconstruct

To reduce something to its constituent parts in order to interpret, analyze, or explain it.

Deconstruction

A philosophical and literary approach that seeks to understand the relationship between text and meaning by revealing inherent contradictions.

Decorous

In keeping with good taste; polite and restrained.

Decorum

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.

Decrypt

To convert encrypted or coded text into normal, readable language or plain text.

Decumanus

A principal street in a Roman city, typically oriented east-west.

Decussate

To cross or intersect in the form of an X.

Deductiveness

The quality of being deductive; the ability to derive conclusions from premises or known facts.

Deem

To regard or consider in a specified way; to have a particular opinion.

Deep Observation

A thorough and detailed examination or analysis of a subject or phenomenon.

Deep Structure

In transformational grammar, the underlying syntactic representation of a sentence that conveys its core semantic meaning before transformations are applied.