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The correct spelling is dean.
How to pronounce dean
/diːn/
nounIPA: /diːn/
Say it like: Dee-n
The correct spelling is dean. A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary functi…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
- 2.A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
- 3.The senior member of some group of people.
- 4.(chiefly in place names) A hill.
verb
- 1.To serve as a dean.
- 2.To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.
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