to a T
Precisely; exactly; perfectly; with great attention to detail.
The announcement of the political endorsement was timed to a T.
/tiː/
noun 9adj 4name 3character 2num 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
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
Definitions
character
1
The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
num
1
The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
noun
1
Abbreviation of time.
2
Alternative letter-case form of T, ton.
3
Alternative letter-case form of T, tonne.
4
Abbreviation of tomin.
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 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
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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.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, t is marked as informal, UK, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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