T

¹

Or t

[tee]

noun

plural

T's, Ts, t's, ts. 

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.

t.

²

abbreviation

1. in the time of.

T

³

[tee]

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. T-shirt.

t.

⁴

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.

T

⁵

abbreviation

1. (used in combination) tera-.

2. Electricity.,  tesla; teslas.

3. temperature.

T

⁶

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.

t

⁷

Statistics.

1. a random variable having a t distribution.

2. the statistic resulting from a t-test.

't

⁸

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

t-

⁹

1. Chemistry.,  tertiary.

T-

¹⁰

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

   T-11.

-t

¹¹

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.

T.

¹²

abbreviation

1. tablespoon; tablespoonful.

2. Territory.

3. Township.

4. Tuesday.

t

¹

/ 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

't

²

contraction

1. it

t.

³

abbreviation

1. commerce tare

2. teaspoon(ful)

3. temperature

4. music tempo

5. tenor

6. grammar tense

7. ton(s)

8. transitive

T-

⁴

abbreviation

1. trainer (aircraft)

   T-37

t

⁵

symbol

1. tonne(s)

2. troy (weight)

3. statistics distribution

4. statistics See Student's t

T

⁶

symbol

1. absolute temperature

2. tera-

3. chem tritium

4. biochem thymine

5. tesla

6. surface tension

abbreviation

1. Thailand (international car registration)

T

1. Abbreviation of temperature, tesla, thymine

2. The symbol for the isotope tritium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of T¹

From the Latin word tempore

Origin of T²

First recorded in 1970–75

Word History and Origins

Origin of T¹

(sense 4) Latin: in the time of

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

   That job would suit you to a T.

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

Example Sentences

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While he has long portrayed investigations into his actions as partisan attacks from Democrats and Biden, this post goes further by blaming someone who wasn’t even in charge at the time.

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"This time people weren't fleeing Israeli attacks," one resident said.

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"To chase 330 is new territory so I am glad we have the confidence to do that now. Hopefully we don't have to do it again but if we do, we know we can do it."

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"She was the type of person that could make you laugh over anything, but you didn't cross her either, or she would tear into you," Ms. Newcombe added amid tears and laughter, as her granddaughter comforted her.

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