Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To examine a sample of (someone's) deoxyribonucleic acid.

  2. (US)To place (someone) under a DNA (do not arm) order because of mental illness.

Examples

109 sentences
  1. A DNA test showed he was innocent.

    Тест ДНК показав, що він невинний. — deniko

    ruТест ДНК показал, что он невиновен. — marafon

    deEine DNS-Untersuchung zeigte, dass er unschuldig war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. They did a DNA comparison to see if the body was Tom's.

    Вони зробили аналіз ДНК для того щоб визначити, чи це тіло Тома. — deniko

  3. They lost the DNA sample.

    Вони втратили зразок ДНК. — deniko

  4. DNA is a complex chemical that makes up a gene.

    ДНК - це складна хімічна сполука, що утворює гени. — ChickenKiev

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  5. The police detective carefully collected samples for DNA testing.

    ruДетектив полиции тщательно собрал образцы ДНК для экспертизы. — odexed

Translations

1 languages

Origin

The noun is an initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid. The verb is derived from the noun. An

The noun is an initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid. The verb is derived from the noun.

An initialism of the various terms listed below. The verb sense is derived from noun etymology 2, phrase sense 7.

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Forms

DNAs, DNAing, DNAed, DNAed
Base formDNA · to DNA
3rd person singularDNAs
Present participleDNAing
Past simpleDNAed
Past participleDNAed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyDNA
he, she, itDNAs

Past simpleLesson

all personsDNAed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave DNAed
he, she, ithas DNAed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill DNA

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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