de- /diː, dɪ/
prefix[
Language: Old French;
Origin: Latin de- 'from, down, away' and Latin dis- 'apart']
1. shows an opposite:
deindustrialization (=becoming less industrial)2. shows that something is removed:
Debone the fish (=remove its bones). The king was dethroned (=removed from power).3. shows that something is reduced:
The government have devalued the currency. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲