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• I.T.A.
  I.T.A.

  abbreviation

  Initial Teaching Alphabet.
• ITA
  ITA

  abbreviation

  Independent Television Authority: now superseded by the IBA
• i.t.a.
  i.t.a.

  abbreviation

  initial teaching alphabet, a partly phonetic alphabet used to teach reading

I.T.A.

American  

Or i.t.a.

abbreviation

1. Initial Teaching Alphabet.

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ITA ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Independent Television Authority: now superseded by the IBA

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i.t.a. ² British  

abbreviation

1. initial teaching alphabet, a partly phonetic alphabet used to teach reading

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Example Sentences

The I.T.A. has banned Romania, Thailand, Egypt and Malaysia from competing in Tokyo because of doping violations.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

In 2010, the Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against the I.T.A., alleging that its advertisements falsely assured customers that tanning was totally safe.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 7, 2014

The I.T.A. still has problems, but its struggle to succeed has been made easier by a pair of iconoclastic performers: Shotputter Brian Oldfield and Pole Vaulter Steve Smith.

From Time Magazine Archive

One group of slow seven-year-olds, who had been unable to read more than three words, soared to normal reading levels after only eight weeks of I.T.A. training.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another I.T.A. innovation was pacer lights; spaced every ten yards along the track, the lights told both the competitors and the crowd what pace the racers were maintaining.

From Time Magazine Archive