T

¹

or t

[ tee ]

noun

, plural T's or Ts, t's or 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 for

1. in the time of.

T

³

[ tee ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. T-shirt.

t.

⁴

abbreviation for

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 for

1. (used in combination) tera-.
2. Electricity. tesla; teslas.
3. temperature ( def 1 ).

T

⁶

Symbol.

1. the 20th in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 160. Compare Roman numerals.
3. surface tension.
4. Chemistry. tritium ( def ). Also T
5. Biochemistry.
   1. threonine ( def ).
   2. thymine ( def ).
6. Photography. T number.
7. Physics.
   1. tau lepton ( def ).
   2. time reversal ( def ).
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 ¹ 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 for

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. to a T
   in every detail; perfectly

   the work suited her to a T

't

²

contraction of

1. it

t.

³

abbreviation for

1. commerce tare
2. teaspoon(ful)
3. temperature
4. music tempo
5. tenor
6. grammar tense
7. ton(s)
8. transitive

T-

⁴

abbreviation for

1. trainer (aircraft)

   T-37

t

⁵

symbol for

1. tonne(s)
2. troy (weight)
3. statistics distribution
4. statistics See Student's t

T

⁶

symbol for

1. absolute temperature
2. tera-
3. chem tritium
4. biochem thymine
5. tesla
6. surface tension

abbreviation for

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.

More idioms and phrases containing T

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

Example Sentences

"The evolution of fraud doesn't stand still and the bad guys are always trying to get one step ahead of us," he added.

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"If we've got 58 people getting social housing which they're not entitled to, those are 58 people that don't have the social housing that they need," he explained.

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Asked how she feels that her sister can access services that she can’t, Farrah says "very angry, scared and upset because I still live in fear".

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"I’m scared to go to sleep in case I don’t wake up again."

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She says she doesn’t know what exercise she can do, as she does not know her limits as she has not had that specialist help of someone saying, "you can push yourself a bit harder" or "oh no, that’s too much".

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