tee

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/ˈtiː/

noun 13verb 3name 3

Collocations

ADJ.

good, turned

He hit a good tee shot down the middle of the fairway.

VERB + TEE

count, kicking, stroke

He teed off with a perfect stroke down the middle of the fairway.

TEE + NOUN

aitch, ball, shirt

I bought a new tee shirt at the mall yesterday afternoon.

PREP.

around, from, in

He hit the ball from the tee and watched it soar down the fairway.

Definitions

noun

The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.

Something shaped like the letter T.

angles and tees

Ellipsis of tee-shirt.

Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.

The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.

verb

To redirect output to multiple destinations.

[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]

noun

A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.

A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.

Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.

The target area of a curling rink.

The mark at which players aim in quoits.

Thesaurus

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Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

tee off

To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee.

I always check the wind direction before I tee off.

to the tee

Alternative form of to a T.

Example Bank

The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

Wiktionary

They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.

Wiktionary

ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

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[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]

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Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in

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If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, tee is marked as informal, obsolete, US, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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