ta

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/tɑː/[tʰɑː]/tə/

interjection

Thanks.

“hasta”

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teB-flatlitantalumatomic number 73
CommonScrabble 2

Meanings

ta1

interjection

alternative taa

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKcolloquialThanks.

    Ta for the cup of tea.

  2. Commonwealthchildishgive (imperative)

    Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!

ta2

preposition
  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.

    hasta

    1 more example

    Go on, break out a "how's yew 'uns doin'? Right pleasure ta meet yew ’uns"!

    2009, Kiyohiko Azuma, “The Osakan's here y'all”, in Stephen Paul, transl., edited by Yen Press, Azumanga Daioh Ominbus, New York City, →ISBN, page 29

ta3

nounta (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentIn solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

    Synonyms: te, B-flat, li

TA4

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Territorial Army.
nounTA (countable and uncountable, plural TAs)

plural TAs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of transportation authority.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of teaching assistant.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of travel agent.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of target audience.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismvideo gamesInitialism of time attack.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
  7. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of transactional analysis.
  8. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of term assurance.
verbTA (third-person singular simple present TAs or TA's, present participle TAing or TA'ing, simple past and past participle TAed or TA'd or TA'ed or TAd)

present singular third person TAs · present singular third person TA's · participle present TAing · participle present TA'ing · participle past TAed · past TAed · participle past TA'd · past TA'd · participle past TA'ed · past TA'ed · participle past TAd · past TAd

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo act as a teaching assistant (for a class).

    I really want to TA Programming 1 some day.

    1 more example

    The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.

adjectiveTA (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablebiologyInitialism of toxin-antitoxin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounIn solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

Similar
tantalumatomic number 73
Broader
metallic elementmetal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

ta · interjection

  1. Proto-Germanic*þankō
  2. Old Norseþǫkk
  3. Danishtak
  4. Englishta

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

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ta · noun

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ta

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APA

ta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ta

MLA

“ta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ta.

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