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    Th
    thorium.
  • -th
    -th
    a suffix forming nouns of action (birth ) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition (depth; length; warmth ).
  • Th.
    Th.
    abbreviation
    Thursday.
  • T.H.
    T.H.
    abbreviation
    Territory of Hawaii.
  • th
    th
    abbreviation
    Thailand

Th

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. thorium.


-th 2 American  
  1. a suffix forming nouns of action (birth ) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition (depth; length; warmth ).


-th 3 American  
  1. a suffix used in the formation of ordinal numbers (fourth, tenth ), in some cases, added to altered stems of the cardinal (fifth; twelfth ).


-th 4 American  
  1. variant of -eth.

    doth.


Th. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Thursday.


T.H. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Territory of Hawaii.


-th 1 British  

suffix

  1. (from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence

    growth

  2. (from adjectives) indicating a quality

    width

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-th 2 British  

suffix

  1. forming ordinal numbers

    fourth

    thousandth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Th 3 British  

symbol

  1. thorium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

th 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Thailand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of -th2

Middle English -th ( e ), Old English -thu, -tho, -th (variant -t after a velar, f, or s ); cognate with Gothic -itha, Latin -tus, Greek -tos

Origin of -th3

Middle English -the, -te, Old English -tha, -the (variant -ta after f or s ); cognate with Old Norse -thi, -di, Latin -tus, Greek -tos; see -eth 2


Example Sentences

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Th Department of Health and Human Services did not reply to requests from The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

Th western parts of the country saw widespread flooding and damage to properties brought on by the hurricane.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

Th King will be presented with the Honours of Scotland at a service in St Giles' Cathedral on 5 July.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2023

Th critically acclaimed and popular series “The Bear” debuted its first season last June, but it was too late for the 2022 Emmy Awards.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

Th e next morning there was a lot of excitement at breakfast.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Which, he notes, is not the case with, say, "big thing" or "big thighs," both of which give your tongue the space to bridge that awkward transition from "-ig" to "-th."

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2011

The inflexions of the 3rd pers. prs. sg. are -th and -s.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

The present singular, 3rd person, of the indicative, ends both in -es or -s, and -eth or -th, the former being the more usual.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

The ordinary termination of feminine singular nouns is -th, not -h.

From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson

The next evening we were relieved by the -th Brigade, and once again returned to rest billets.

From Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey

The skin is usually wrinkled, and in B. viridis, Thalassema lankesteri, Th. baronii, Hamingia arctica, and in the larva of many species, is of a lively green colour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

His pictures were ranked with those of Th. de Keijser.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton

D From the preface to the exceedingly interesting collection by M. Th. de la Villemarqué, of the transmitted songs that are current amongst his Bas Breton countrymen.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

Fac-simile of a miniature from a ms. in the Bibl. de l'Arsenal, Th. lat., no 125.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Notes from a letter to C. Th. v.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins

It really shows there may not be a safe level,” said Cindy W. Leung, associate professor of public health nutrition at Harvard T.H.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

A large prospective cohort study conducted by researchers from Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026

For example, a review in August 2025 led by Dr Andrew Baccarelli, dean of the Harvard T.H.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

That’s a conservative estimate, as Atul Gawande of Harvard’s T.H.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026

But at the end of the month it was agreed to leave the question to the British arbitrators, and the latter decided to send one of their number, Sir T.H.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Investors Intelligence’s tally of opinions showed bulls topping bears by 40 percentage points, a reading in the 90 th percentile of positivity, according to Jeff deGraaf, founder and chairman of Renaissance Macro Research.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Gigi Hadid, 28, and her sister Bella Hadid, 27, two of the most famous fashion models in the world, were born in th U.S. and grew up in Southern California.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

Some of the band’s greatest hits include “Uma Thurman,” “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks fr th Mmrs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Inter Milan defender Dumfries deservedly won the player of the match accolade, Van Gaal's main weapon as the left side of th US defence was brutally, and repeatedly, exposed.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2022

Melies is widely credited with perfecting the substitution trick, which made it possible for th ings to appear and disappea r on screen, as if by magic.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

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