ta
interjection
thank you.
ta
1 American
[tah]
/ tɑ /
interjection
British Slang.
tā
2
American
[tah]
/ tɑ /
noun
ṭā
3
American
[tah]
/ tɑ /
noun
Ta
4
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
TA
5
American
TA
1
British
abbreviation
Ta
2
British
symbol
ta
3
British
/ tɑː /
interjection
Etymology
Origin of ta1
First recorded in 1765–75; by infantile shortening and alteration
Origin of tā2
From Arabic
Origin of ṭā3
From Arabic
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
She also said that Labour had pledged in its manifesto to tackle ticket touting - where secondary sites sell tickets at vastly inflated prices, and there would be ta consultation on it in the autumn.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
Bridges’ rich, opulent voice illuminated every line of her role, soaring to the high B-flat of the opera’s most famous aria, “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
It is instead Germanic in origin and impressive in stature — a dish with the ta da! factor of popovers or crepes but without the fuss or stress.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2022
“See how da ground pack hard and smooth? You gotta broke it up. You gotta disturb the earth for things ta grow!”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2021
Whyn’tcha come on out ta the rig, meet everyone, get some grub, and we can talk business?”
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
Though I may not touch it yet I may see Si non tangendi copia ē videndi tā; erit.
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew
They trade A ta way wok Ata way wok Ma tā a leeay la Eghon a el nee.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by M'lean, John
One new concept, expressed by dā and ndā, or tā and ntā.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.
Ye trade Ki da ta way min Ki da tā wan o wa Mata a la ozayo Na ool nee.
From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by M'lean, John
Taking the Rasta name Jabari Muata Ta Seti, he returned to Bradford and worked as a voluntary counsellor, also setting up the anti-drugs charity Black Against Crack in the city in the mid-1990s.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Scott Keiji Takeda, who plays Ta, Mei-Li’s reluctant inamorato, has a sumptuous voice that captures the hues of Richard Rodgers’ music.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
“I don’t have to scramble constantly with the daily grind,” Ta said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
The dispute later expanded to the 13th Century Ta Moan temple complex - which Cambodia claimed Thai troops had lined with barbed wire on Thursday.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
“Yeah, I saw it all, Ta — ” “Shut up! I’m asking Sapo!”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
TA Securities maintains a buy rating on Tenaga and keeps target price at 18.00 ringgit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
TA Securities maintains an overweight rating on the Malaysian utilities sector, pegging Tenaga Nasional, Samaiden, Malakoff and Ranhill Utilities as top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
“But it wasn’t about the TA anymore. It was about the coalition. It was about sticking together. It was about power and unity. ... My folks were not used to that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
CGS International maintains an overweight rating on Malaysia’s plantation sector and continues to favor upstream companies including TA Ann and Hap Seng Plantations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“The math department is in the science building,” the TA said.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
