Th
thorium.
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abbreviation
T.H.
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-th
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British
suffix
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(from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence
growth
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(from adjectives) indicating a quality
width
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suffix
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symbol
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abbreviation
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 clinic administers psychological help, reconstructive surgery and prosthetics to victims for free.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
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 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 after breakfast, I told Grover about my dream.
From "The Titan's Curse" 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 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 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
A few days later I started for Hog Harbour, for the plantation of the Messrs. Th., near which I meant to attend a great feast, or “sing-sing.”
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
Th. translates 'on the roaring sea,' but adds 'quite conjectural.'
From Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems by James Mercer Garnett
V. A. Th. denotes a text in the Berlin Museum.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
Besides the cultivation of their plantation the Messrs. Th. plied a flourishing trade in coprah and sandalwood all along the west coast of Santo, which they visited frequently in their cutter.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
Owing to the good treatment of their hands the Messrs. Th. have always had enough labourers, and have been able to develop their plantation wonderfully.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
Chronic loneliness is a serious, growing public health concern, says Dr. Jeremy Nobel, a professor at the Harvard T.H.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
For example, a review in August 2025 led by Dr Andrew Baccarelli, dean of the Harvard T.H.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
No wonder “Bird School” includes a passage of T.H.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Other coauthors of the study include Chenghao Wang of the University of Oklahoma; and Kari Nadeau of the Harvard T.H.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2025
The Lion's Head at Button's Coffee House Designed by Hogarth, and put up by Addison, 1713 From a water color by T.H.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
“This year, April 15 falls on a Wednesday. To be safe, I would look at April 10 th or 11 th as the latest to file.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
Once the rocket reaches the pad, engineers will spend several days checking that the repairs carried out in th VAB have worked as intended and that nothing has shifted during the slow journey out.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 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
He pronounced them with the Castilian th sound, that is, with a lisp, an affectation peculiar to many of the Miracle Valley’s old-timers, whereas it could not be found farther south in Mexico.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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