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thorium.
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American
-th
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American
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Th.
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abbreviation
T.H.
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abbreviation
-th
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British
suffix
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(from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence
growth
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(from adjectives) indicating a quality
width
-th
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suffix
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symbol
th
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abbreviation
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
Example Sentences
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Th western parts of the country saw widespread flooding and damage to properties brought on by the hurricane.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
Th Anne Arundel County Police Department said motorists should anticipate heavy delays in Annapolis and Kent Island for an extended period of time.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
More delights await in the 30-film “Art House Horror” slate of genre classics spanning nearly a century, from the 1922 Swedish silent witchcraft pic “Häxan” and Carl Th.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
Th DJ's father was murdered before he was born, but he has a strong bond with his mother and younger brothers - and is driven to succeed.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
Th e next morning, Chiron moved me to cabin three.
From "The Lightning Thief" 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 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
The inflexions of the 3rd pers. prs. sg. are -th and -s.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
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 skin is usually wrinkled, and in B. viridis, Thalassema lankesteri, Th. baronii, Hamingia arctica, and in the larva of many species, is of a lively green colour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
Fac-simile of a miniature from a ms. in the Bibl. de l'Arsenal, Th. lat., no 125.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
Owing to the good treatment of their hands the Messrs. Th. have always had enough labourers, and have been able to develop their plantation wonderfully.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
This identification is fully confirmed by the engraving made by Th. von Kessel for the Theatrum Pictorium, which shows how these two figures are placed in the composition.
From Giorgione by Herbert Cook
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
It really shows there may not be a safe level,” said Cindy W. Leung, associate professor of public health nutrition at Harvard T.H.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
For example, a review in August 2025 led by Dr Andrew Baccarelli, dean of the Harvard T.H.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
The project also benefited from international collaboration with the Harvard T.H.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
She holds a master in public health degree Harvard University's T.H.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
The philosophy of Kant did not admit of the simple language of Hume, and T.H.
From Personality in Literature by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
Klymochko noticed in th e 8-K filing External link by Taylor Morrison on Monday that the two companies signed a confidentiality agreement on May 27.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 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
Inter Milan defender Dumfries deservedly won the player of the match accolade, Van Gaal's main weapon as the left side of th US defence was brutally, and repeatedly, exposed.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2022
“You got to wait a little bit,” Zannikos said to a pride of elegant women who had spent the morning at the Whitney Museum of American Art, across Madison Avenue at 75 th Street.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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