tk

T1K5

adjective

A placeholder used before publication for information that is not yet available but will be filled in before publication.

CommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

tk1

adjectivetk (not comparable)
  1. not comparablejournalismA placeholder used before publication for information that is not yet available but will be filled in before publication.

TK2

adjectiveTK (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparablemediaAbbreviation of to come (used as a placeholder for information to be filled in before publication).

    Philip Ng joined SC from Citibank's Hong Kong branch TK years ago.

    1993, Wall Street & Technology, volume 11, page 244
    1 more example

    [Q:] Will next week's summit lead to peace between the United States and North Korea? [A:] TK.

    2018 June 2, Avi Selk, “Everything you need to know about Trump’s big envelope from Kim Jong Un and the hope for world peace”, in The Washington Post
noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of transitional kindergarten.

Origin

tk · adjective

Abbreviation of to come. C is replaced with K because -tk- occurs much less often in English than -tc-, making it easier to search for in a text.

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TK · adjective, noun

Phonetic initialism, with "TK" chosen over "TC" because scarcely any English words contain the sequence "tk," making it easily searchable.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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