ut

[uht, oot]

noun Music.

the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.

Compare sol-fa.

Origin of ut

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at gamut

UT

Also u.t. universal time.

Utah (approved especially for use with zip code).

Ut.

Utah.

U/T

under trust.

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Examples from the Web for ut

Contemporary Examples of ut

Cras tincidunt mi nec lorem venenatis, ut pharetra purus tristique.
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CNN
October 31, 2014
The big twist is that by requesting those documents, Hall did in fact uncover a nepotism problem plaguing UT admissions.
The University of Texas’s Machiavellian War on Its Regent
David Davis
October 27, 2014
All students and faculty in the UT community should support the cause of fairness in admissions.
The University of Texas’s Machiavellian War on Its Regent
David Davis
October 27, 2014
Insufficient transparency in the UT admissions process is a serious concern that goes beyond politics.
The University of Texas’s Machiavellian War on Its Regent
David Davis
October 27, 2014
This memo alone merits a trip to the UT campus for the Ransom exhibition—which is free, by the way, and runs through Jan. 4.
How 'Gone With the Wind' Got Made
Helen Anders
September 10, 2014

Historical Examples of ut

All this was long an' long ago, but ut hild me straight—for a while.
Soldiers Three, Part II.
Rudyard Kipling
An' ut comes,' sez he, lookin' at me, 'ut comes from bein' called Love-o'-Women.'
Soldiers Three, Part II.
Rudyard Kipling
I never seed a scud on the 'Banks' but 'ut it was allus follered by a fog.
Left on Labrador
Charles Asbury Stephens
We crossed a beautiful valley between the Rivers Seybi and Ut.
Beasts, Men and Gods
Ferdinand Ossendowski
I quote this account of the glass at Eton from Dr James, ut supra, p. 214.
The Care of Books
John Willis Clark

British Dictionary definitions for ut

ut

noun music

the syllable used in the fixed system of solmization for the note C

the first note of a hexachord in medieval music

Word Origin for ut

C14: from Latin ut; see gamut

UT

abbreviation for

universal time

Utah

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