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DM

noun DMs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dimensional modeling
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of De Morgan’s law Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the argume
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Deutsche Mark

    Similar: DEM

  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dry matter
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of diabetes mellitus
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dermatomyositis
  7. countable, uncountable adamsite, diphenylaminechlorarsine
  8. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of dark matter
  9. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of dextromethorphan; also DXM.
  10. countable, uncountable, in multiple unit formations driving motor car
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dungeon master or dungeon mistress DQ: "DM" stands for "Dungeon Master"--or I guess in my case Dungeon Mistress. *blinks* _That's_ got all kindsa wrong connotations, doesn't it? #o_o#

    Similar: GM, ST

  12. Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of direct message (type of message on social media platforms). He later sent me a DM mentioning that he would send me what he wears because he does a lot of walking. This is where the relationships online can get a wee bit weird.

    Similar: PM

  13. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of duty manager
  14. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dialectical materialism
  15. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dungeon master, dungeon mistress, or dungeon monitor. But the most important people at any gathering are those in charge of safety, referred to as Dungeon Master/Mistress (DM). […] DMs are willing to help instruct novices on the safe use of all equipment provided on the premises and also act as mediators if there are any scenes that have potential safe
  16. colloquial, countable, uncountable A Dr. Martens boot or shoe. She kicked a hardback book with her left DM boot (14 eyelets were the minimum she would settle for), but the bestseller persisted in her path.
  17. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of defensive midfielder
  18. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of divemaster
  19. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of dust and mist
  20. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of deathmatch
  21. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of display manager

verb DMs · DMing · DMed · DM'd

  1. Internet, transitive To communicate by direct message, usually on a social media website. Rio [Ferdinand] DM’d me after the tournament. He’d said I was the weak link, and that Croatia should be targeting me.
  2. To dungeon master; to perform as a dungeon master; to run a tabletop role-playing game.

    Similar: GM

proper noun

  1. UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Daily Mail, a national newspaper.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Distributed Morphology

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: decimeter, decimetre, robitussin, pim, message, direct message, private message, pm, personal message, inbox, text, instant message, im, ping, note, chat

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@misc{dm_2026,
  title = {DM},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}