t

UK /tiː/ US /tiː/

noun 9adj 4name 3character 2num 2

Definitions

character

The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

num

The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

noun

Abbreviation of time.

Alternative letter-case form of T, ton.

Alternative letter-case form of T, tonne.

Abbreviation of tomin.

Collocations

ADJ.

arabic, english, entire, lucky, new, old, other, single

VERB + T

cake, fearmongering, take, win, won

T + NOUN

carrie, crisis, i'd, p, person, something, telephone, u

PREP.

about, after, from, in, with

ADV.

really

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolis

thyroxine
thyroxin
tetraiodothyronine

noun — thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodin

triiodothyronine
liothyronine

noun — a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms

mt
tonne

noun — a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimi

thymine

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

to a T

Precisely; exactly; perfectly; with great attention to detail.

The announcement of the political endorsement was timed to a T.

to the T

Alternative form of to a T.

on the Q.T.

Quietly; in a secretive manner; clandestinely.

Will you be so kind as to impress him with the fact that this expedition is on the Q.T.? Not that I think he will say anythin'.

Example Bank

Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.

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"I'm telling you, every good thing that has happened to me is because of this lucky T." Carrie had an extensive list going of all the positive moments that occurred after she got the T-shirt. She wore

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But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants m

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The symmetry of the negative Ts in II, III, and avF (210) may have that significance, or it may mean coronary insufficiency in a patient with an old infarct, or may be a stable part of an old lesion.

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I'm going to take the T.

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The candidate needs to win the T to take the state.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, t is marked as informal, UK, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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