dc

Other forms of dc

plural

dcs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dc

What does dc mean?

dc means "the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dc?

dc has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌdiˈsi/.

What is another word for dc?

Close synonyms include District of Columbia, D.C., direct current, direct electric current. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dc a common word?

dc is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dc?

37 words rhyme with dc. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.