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Dan
1[ dan ]
noun
- (in the Bible) a son of Jacob and Bilhah.
- one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally descended from him.
- the northernmost city of ancient Palestine.
- a male given name, form of Daniel.
Dan
2[ dan ]
noun
- a title of honor equivalent to master or sir:
Dan Chaucer.
dan
3[ dahn, dan ]
noun
- a degree of expertise in karate, judo, tae kwon do, etc., usually signified by the wearing of a cloth belt of a particular color; level:
a sixth-degree dan.
Dan.
4abbreviation for
- Bible. Daniel ( def 1b ).
- Danish ( def 2 ). Also Dan
Dan.
1abbreviation for
- Bible Daniel
- Danish
Dan
2/ æ /
noun
- an archaic title of honour, equivalent to Master or Sir
Dan Chaucer
dan
3/ æ /
noun
- a small buoy used as a marker at sea Also calleddan buoy
dan
4/ æ /
noun
- any one of the 10 black-belt grades of proficiency
- a competitor entitled to dan grading
Dan
5/ æ /
noun
- the fourth son of Jacob (Genesis 30:1–6)
- the tribe descended from him
- a city in the northern territory of Canaan
Word History and Origins
Origin of Dan1
Origin of Dan2
Idioms and Phrases
- from Dan to Beersheba, from one outermost extreme or limit to the other.
Example Sentences
He is followed in the polls by Crin Antonescu of the National Liberal Party and independent candidate Nicușor Dan.
Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said on Tuesday: "There is an ongoing live police investigation, so the government would urge the organisers at the Glastonbury Festival to think very carefully about who is invited to perform there later this year."
"I would suggest there is a high level of confidence this is a ransomware style event," says Dan Card, cyber expert at BCS, the chartered institute for IT.
When Sale, chasing a bonus-point score against Saracens, had a try wrongly chalked off by referee Christophe Ridley, he admitted to captains Dan du Preez and Maro Itoje he thought he'd seen a knock-on when there hadn't been.
Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell, said M&S's success was "built on trust" - and this was something customers may question after it suspended online orders.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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