tass

¹

[tas]

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.

2. the contents of a cup or goblet; a small draught, as of liquor.

Tass

²

Or TASS

[tas, tahs]

noun

1. a news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency).

tass

¹

/ tæs, ˈtæsɪ /

noun

1. a cup, goblet, or glass

2. the contents of such a vessel

Tass

²

/ tæs /

noun

1. (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass

Word History and Origins

Origin of tass¹

1475–85; earlier tasse < Middle French < Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin < Persian tasht; tazza

Origin of tass²

< Russian, acronym from T ( elegráfnoe ) a ( génstvo ) S ( ovétskogo ) S ( oyúza ) Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union

Word History and Origins

Origin of tass¹

C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast

Origin of tass²

T ( elegrafnoye ) A ( genstvo ) S ( ovetskovo ) S ( oyuza ) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union

Example Sentences

He said the missile's vertical and horizontal manoevreing were tested and were found to be up to specification, according to Russia's Tass news agency.

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"Therefore, it demonstrated high capabilities to bypass missile and air defence systems," Tass reported Gen Gerasimov as saying.

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Tass news agency said 18 other people had been injured.

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France would use the gathering to table new proposals for sanctions against Russia, with the aim of depleting "the resources that Russia is investing in this war" foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot was quoted by Russia's state-owned news agency Tass as saying.

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“We have performed in front of 20 people and were as excited as we would have been in front of 20,000 people,” Van Tass said.

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Related Words

• news service 
• press agency 
• wire service