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# dec

«dec» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short for December, the twelfth and last month of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (dec, Dec, dec.)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Short for December, the twelfth and last month of the year (Dec). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#m1)

2) (maths) Short for decimal (as in «2 dec. places»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#m2)

3) Short for decrease, or for decreased/deceased in lists and records (dec. = deceased in family records). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#m3)

4) A fragment of longer words beginning dec-, such as decide or decorate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: calendars and forms write months short (Dec). In maths and science: «round to 2 d.p.» or «2 dec. places». In records: «dec.» next to a name means the person has died. It is not a word on its own in speech.

### examples

- Write Dec as short for December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#x1)
- Round your answer to 2 dec. places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#x2)
- The bill said «Dec» at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#x3)
- In the family tree, «dec.» means deceased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#x4)
- The graph label «dec» meant decrease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#x5)
- Christmas falls in Dec. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/#x6)

### note

Not a full word; say the full word aloud. Capital D for the month (Dec), usually lower case for maths (dp or dec. pl.). Check the context to know which word is meant.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dec» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dec/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.