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T.H.
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-th
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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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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
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Th couple tried to get some sleep, with a chair against the room door, before getting up in the morning.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Th suit claims they failed to take action despite Vidal’s testimony vindicating Saldana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 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 horrible thing was: I could see the family resemblance.
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 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
Strength -th is a true word; fowl or fugel -l is no true word.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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
Puis Th. n'osa pas demurrer; mes dit qil ne fuit pas soun villein de soun manoire de C. Prest etc.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
His pictures were ranked with those of Th. de Keijser.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
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
For the time taken for its composition and the poet's anticipations of immortality see Th. xii.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Harold Edgeworth Butler
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
A new nationwide study led by researchers at the Harvard T.H.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
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
That’s a conservative estimate, as Atul Gawande of Harvard’s T.H.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
A great step forward was made in 1859 by T.H.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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
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
The initial letter of a sen-tence was first capitalised in the 13 th century, but the rule was not consistently applied until the 16th.
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