T

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'T', 't': /ˈtiː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA'T', 't': /ti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling'T', 't': (tē)


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
T symbol for
  1. absolute temperature
  2. tera-
  3. tritium
  4. thymine
  5. tesla
  6. surface tension
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
T, t /ti/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. Ts or T's, ts or t's. 
  1. Linguisticsthe 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
Idioms
  1. Idioms to a T or tee, exactly;
    perfectly:That description of the thug fits him to a T.


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

T.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. tablespoon.
  2. Tuesday.

t.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. teaspoon;
    teaspoonful.
  2. Physicstemperature.
  3. time.
  4. Weights and Measureston.
  5. Grammartransitive.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
T, t  (tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. T's or Ts, t's or ts. 
  1. Linguisticsthe 20th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  2. Linguisticsany spoken sound represented by the letter T or t, as in tub, but, or butter.
  3. something having the shape of aT.
  4. a written or printed representation of the letter T ort. 
  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter T ort. 
  6. to a T, exactly;
    perfectly:That job would suit you to a T.
Also, to a tee. 
T  (tē),USA pronunciation n. (sometimes l.c.)
  1. ClothingT-shirt.

T, 
    1. tera-.
    2. Electricitytesla;
      teslas.
    3. Physicstemperature.

T, Symbol.
  1. the 20th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 19th.
  2. (sometimes l.c.) the medieval Roman numeral for 160. Cf. Roman numerals. 
  3. surface tension.
  4. [Biochem.]
    • threonine.
    • thymine.
  5. [Photog.]See T number. 
  6. [Physics.]
    • tau lepton.
    • time reversal.
  7. the launching time of a rocket or missile:T minus two.

T1, 
  1. Chemistrytriiodothyronine.

T2, 
  1. Chemistrythyroxine.

t, [Statistics.]
  1. Statisticsa random variable having Student's t distribution.
  2. Statisticsthe statistic employed in Student's t-test.

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

T-, 
  1. [U.S. Mil.](in designations of aircraft) trainer:T-11.

t-, 
  1. Chemistrytertiary.

-t, 
  1. var. 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., 
    1. tablespoon;
      tablespoonful.
    2. Territory.
    3. Township.
    4. Tuesday.

t., 
    1. Sport[Football.]tackle.
    2. taken from.
    3. Weights and Measurestare.
    4. teaspoon;
      teaspoonful.
    5. Physicstemperature.
    6. in the time of.
      • Latin tempore
    7. tenor.
    8. Grammartense.
    9. territory.
    10. time.
    11. tome.
    12. Weights and Measureston.
    13. town.
    14. township.
    15. transit.
    16. Grammartransitive.
    17. Weights and Measurestroy.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
t, T /tiː/ n ( pl t's, T's, Ts)
  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. something shaped like a T
  4. to a T ⇒ in every detail; perfectly
t symbol for
  1. tonne(s)
  2. troy (weight)
  3. distribution
  4. See Student's t
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
't contraction of
  1. it
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
t. abbreviation for
  1. tare
  2. teaspoon(ful)
  3. temperature
  4. tempo
  5. tenor
  6. tense
  7. ton(s)
  8. transitive
Etymology: (sense 4) Latin: in the time of
'T' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
about - actually - ad- - after - against - agnostic - ain't - all - allow - alone - alveolar - antecedent - anticipate - any - anybody - anything - aren't - attitude - automaton - aw-shucks - azerty keyboard - bar - barely - barn owl - bear - beg - begin - believe - bolt - bother - Botox - bottlenose dolphin - Boxer - break down - Brel - bring - Bulldog Clip - but - butter - button quail - buy - call - can't - care - catch - CAT scanner - choose - Chunnel - circulate - clear
Collocations: the letter T, [starts, begins] with a T, T comes after S, more...

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