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• t
  t

  a random variable having a t distribution.
• 't
  't

  a shortened form of it, before or after a verb, as in 'twas, 'tis, do't, see't.
• T
  T

  noun

  the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• t-
  t-

  tertiary.
• T-
  T-

  (in designations of aircraft) trainer.
• -t
  -t

  variant of -ed used in forming the past tense or past participle of certain verbs, usually occurring when the final consonant of the stem is voiceless, a lateral, or a nasal and there is internal vowel change in the root.
• t.
  t.

  abbreviation

  in the time of.
• T.
  T.

  abbreviation

  tablespoon; tablespoonful.

t

¹ American  

Statistics.

1. a random variable having a t distribution.

2. the statistic resulting from a t-test.

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't ² American  

1. a shortened form of it, before or after a verb, as in 'twas, 'tis, do't, see't.

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T ³ American  

[tee] / ti /

Or t

noun

• T's,
  plural
• Ts,
  plural
• t's,
  plural
• ts
  plural

1. the 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter T or t, as in tub, but, or butter.

3. something having the shape of a T .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter T or t.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter T or t.

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idioms

1. to a T, exactly; perfectly: Also to a tee

   That job would suit you to a T.

T ⁴ American  

[tee] / ti /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. T-shirt.

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T ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. (used in combination) tera-.

2. Electricity. tesla; teslas.

3. temperature.

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T ⁶ American  

Symbol.

1. the 20th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 160.

3. surface tension.

4. Chemistry. tritium. Also T

5. Biochemistry.

   1. threonine.

   2. thymine.

6. Photography. T number.

7. Physics.

   1. tau lepton.

   2. time reversal.

8. the launching time of a rocket or missile.

   T minus two.

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t- ⁷ American  

1. Chemistry. tertiary.

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T- ⁸ American  

1. U.S. Military. (in designations of aircraft) trainer.

   T-11.

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-t ⁹ American  

1. variant of -ed used in forming the past tense or past participle of certain verbs, usually occurring when the final consonant of the stem is voiceless, a lateral, or a nasal and there is internal vowel change in the root.

   slept; felt; dreamt.

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t. ¹⁰ American  

abbreviation

1. in the time of.

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t. ¹¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Football. tackle.

2. taken from.

3. tare.

4. teaspoon; teaspoonful.

5. temperature.

6. tenor.

7. Grammar. tense.

8. territory.

9. time.

10. tome.

11. ton.

12. town.

13. township.

14. transit.

15. transitive.

16. troy.

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T. ¹² American  

abbreviation

1. tablespoon; tablespoonful.

2. Territory.

3. Township.

4. Tuesday.

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't ¹ British  

contraction

1. it

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t ² British  

symbol

1. tonne(s)

2. troy (weight)

3. statistics distribution

4. statistics See Student's t

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T ³ British  

symbol

1. absolute temperature

2. tera-

3. chem tritium

4. biochem thymine

5. tesla

6. surface tension

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abbreviation

1. Thailand (international car registration)

t ⁴ British  

/ tiː /

noun

1. the 20th letter and 16th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless alveolar stop, as in tame

3. 1. something shaped like a T

   2. ( in combination )

      a T-junction

4. in every detail; perfectly

   the work suited her to a T

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t. ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. commerce tare

2. teaspoon(ful)

3. temperature

4. music tempo

5. tenor

6. grammar tense

7. ton(s)

8. transitive

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T- ⁶ British  

abbreviation

1. trainer (aircraft)

   T-37

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T Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine

2. The symbol for the isotope tritium.

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T More Idioms  

1. see dot the i's and cross the t's; to a T.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• T's
  plural
• Ts
  plural
• t's
  plural
• ts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of T⁴

First recorded in 1970–75

Origin of t.¹⁰

From the Latin word tempore

Example Sentences

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“Not at all – didn t see the press here 😬 and journalists write a lot of nonsense anyways,” she replied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Madison Air has spent $8 billion on some 13 acquisitions since 2017, according to t he deal prospectus.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

But Starr says the most data from t REITs, which control about 30 percent of the industry and are subject to quarterly reporting requirements, shows occupancy increasing for the first time, year-to-year, since 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

"I let my teammates down tonight. … It's been a long season. Hate how it ended. t is gonna stick with me for a long time. Can't win with 5 turnovers."

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026

It’s not Tommy. t We’ve had a bit of a card-playing drought lately, so Marv organizes a big night.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Mr van 't Noordende adds that many companies are passing those extra costs on to their customers, which is adding upward pressure to general inflation.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

“The decision to join U.S. Soccer wasn ‘t just about football for me,” Pochettino said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024

RoboChem was developed by the group of Prof. Timothy Noël at the UvA's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024

Van ’t Schip played in midfield for Ajax for more than a decade and was in the Netherlands squad that won the 1988 European Championship.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

Polly realized with a start. / didn ’t think such a thing was even possible.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

Russell T Davies says death of late husband has been his 'greatest loss'

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

AT&T’s T 1.41%increase; up pointing triangle quarterly revenue ticked up as more customers signed up for its postpaid phone and internet services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

However, older adults often develop fewer protective antibodies and T cells after receiving a vaccine.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Test your knowledge of the English language: How many words can you create with the letters P, Y, C, R, O, and T?

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

The countdown had reached T minus ten minutes.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

This can easily be found on the student’s t- table at the very bottom at infinite degrees of freedom remembering that at infinity the t-distribution is the normal distribution.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

The graph has included the sampling distribution of the differences in the sample means to show how the t- distribution aligns with the sampling distribution data.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

IsBell said he spreads that message at root beer float socials, game nights and other events wearing a Ron Paul t- shirt.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 2, 2012

The mill could buy the cotton, the mill could spin it, and make it into a t- shirt or underwear, but somebody’s got to take that off the shelf.

From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 29, 2011

In fact, other things being equal, it is preferable to place ĉi before rather than after the t- word, though both forms are equally correct.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George

That’s partly because the Fed’s monthly purchases of short-term T- bills are easing strains in overnight funding markets, while also keeping long-term rates steady by extension.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026

Philly's strength in 2021, however, is its defense, ranked 10th in scoring and seventh in total defense, compared to a Chiefs squad that's T- 31st and 30th in those respective categories.

From Fox News ● Sep. 30, 2021

How many different T- shirts are there to choose from?

From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 2020

Legere’s testimony regarding T-Mobile’s potential pricing strategy Thursday stemmed from a September 2019 T-Mobile document that made projections about T- Mobile’s future as a standalone company in 2020.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2019

He pulled his shorts and jeans on but left his T- shirt off and tied it around the handrail line to air it out, although he put the lifejacket back on.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

If I put in xiwi -t code . that -t flag tells it to open my app in a Chrome tab instead of an independent app window.

From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2017

Now you run sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -t xiwi -u -n xenial, replacing xenial with your chosen chroot name if you have something custom.

From The Verge ● Nov. 16, 2017

"How about h - a -t?" asked the Warden.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

"Well then, tell me, what does c - a -t spell?"

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

In gerfaut, gerfalcon, for Old Fr. gerfauc, the less familiar final -c was, as in boulevart, replaced by the more usual -t.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Reality is that you are giving up your family time by doing the o. t. when they need you at work. 

From Time ● May 3, 2013

Says Dr. Gumpert: The T. B. death rate may have dropped, but there are now 1,500,000 cases of t. b. in Germany, more than one-fourth of them advanced.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the adjacent connotation "badger v. t." which Webster does say derives from Wisconsin is as follows: "To beat down; cheat; barter; bargain."

From Time Magazine Archive

“I wanted to bathe her. I had the sponge in my hand. But she wouldn t. She kept laughing and saying no.”

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

“Be a good boy and be careful. No, you can’t kiss me here. You >. »» can t. “All right.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

The researchers therefore concluded that T. rex was the most likely source of those marks.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

The city got an economic boost from an estimated 625,000 fans, including thousands who traveled to support their national teams without a match ticket, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Her enslaver, Philemon T. Hambleton—who may well have been her biological father—refused to release her from servitude.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

The history of the Jews of Jedwabne resurfaced in 2001, when Polish-American historian Jan T. Gross highlighted the role of Polish villagers in his book "Neighbors".

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The letter was addressed to a Mr. T. Graham, in Indianola, Washington.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Morgan Da Savage's rap went viral after she performed on DJ and producer Toddla T's independent music platform Steeze Factory.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

The website’s background is now adorned with a grid of T’s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

The 20th century became the age of the consumer, thanks in large part to Henry Ford, who needed someone to buy all of the Model T’s he was producing.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

As we know, Henry Ford achieved huge efficiency gains by building his Model T’s on moving assembly lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

T's got fingers in my brain, gripping tight.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Of the three leading cars, two were Model Ts entered by the Ford Motor Co., the other a Shawmut manufactured in Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Even as Model Ts rolled off assembly lines, the Stoners anticipated the automotive age’s horrors.

From Slate ● May 25, 2024

There were Ts embossed on the tongue and Ts on the sides.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2024

In recent weeks, the Cougs have left their Is undotted and their Ts without a cross, never more so than on these trick plays.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

He misses the press of people, the noise and chaos, black Model Ts rattling along the cobblestones, the treacly smell of street vendors’ peanuts roasting in sugar.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

"I had really dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's of the experiment," he said.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

Elliot: People always spell my name with two t's.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

“It sure seems like there are nine justices who did not think the Trump administration had crossed their t’s and dotted their i’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

“It’s part of the season, it’s gonna happen, and t’s happening for us the last week and a half. We just have to keep going, keep working hard.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Think of the word battle—two t’s, one I. Benito secretly played with a battalion of toy soldiers. believe.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Shares in the French distiller initially fell on reports of talks with ts Kentucky-based peer, but investors changed their minds after the companies confirmed the talks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

The company has repurchased $78 billion of stock since 2016 at an average price of $441, double the current share price, according to a presentation accompanying i ts third-quarter earnings relea External link se.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

McChrystal Group did not respond to questions from The Times about ts next report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

However the vandals somehow managed to spell the word 'out' with two ts.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023

The somewhat inaccurate but unavoidable ts for Zadde was already established in Milton's time, while the letter Yod appears regularly as j, which Milton must have sounded as y.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel