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uppercase T · plural ts · plural t's

1. letterlowercaseThe twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

uppercase T · plural ts · plural t's

1. lowercaseThe twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

alternative t.

1. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of time.
2. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of T, ton.
3. UKuncountableAlternative letter-case form of T, tonne.
4. abbreviationhistoricaluncountableAbbreviation of tomin.

lowercase t · plural Ts · plural T's

1. letteruppercaseThe twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

   Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.

   2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024

lowercase t · plural Ts · plural T's

1. uppercaseThe twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

1. abbreviationnot comparableratingsAbbreviation of teen.
2. abbreviationnot comparablebusinessAbbreviation of taxable.
3. abbreviationnot comparableAmerican Library AssociationAbbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5–15 cm in height).
4. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of transgender or transsexual.
5. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of true.

   Antonyms: F

plural Ts

1. abbreviationcountableellipsisinformaluncountablebusinessEllipsis of T-shirt.

   "I'm telling you, every good thing that has happened to me is because of this lucky T." Carrie had an extensive list going of all the positive moments that occurred after she got the T-shirt. She wore the lucky T to varsity basketball tryouts […]

   2005, Kate Brian, Lucky T, page 8

2. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of Tuesday.
3. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of Thursday.
4. abbreviationcountableuncountableentertainmentAbbreviation of tenor.
5. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableautomotiveEllipsis of Model T.
6. abbreviationcountableuncountablerail transportAbbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).
7. abbreviationcountableuncountablehobbiesAbbreviation of ties (statistic).
8. abbreviationcountableuncountableball gamesAbbreviation of technical foul.
9. abbreviationcountableuncountableespecially LGBTQAbbreviation of testosterone.

   Living in a van with a stray dog and picking up casual work, Rothko imagines a tentative future in which they might earn enough to “go private … Start on T” (testosterone).

   2026 April 28, Shahidha Bari, “Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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   But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.

   2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE

10. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountablemedicineEllipsis of T wave.

    The symmetry of the negative Ts in II, III, and avF (210) may have that significance, or it may mean coronary insufficiency in a patient with an old infarct, or may be a stable part of an old lesion.

    1999, Thomas M. Blake, Annotated Atlas of Electrocardiography: A Guide to Confident Interpretation, New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 63

11. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableimmunologyEllipsis of T cell.

    Mind your Bs and Ts The other prong comes in the form of “T” lymphocytes (which mature in the thymus). These recognise and kill infected body cells.

    2020 May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, in The Economist

12. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountablebusinessEllipsis of T-beam.
13. abbreviationcountablehistoricaluncountablenauticalAbbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.

1. businessAT&T.
2. informalThe Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.

   I'm going to take the T.

3. informalThe roughly T-shaped rural part of Pennsylvania, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

   The candidate needs to win the T to take the state.

   Synonyms: Pennsyltucky