ut

plural uts

1. datedentertainmentSyllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.

   Old Mantuam, old Mantuan. Who vnderſtandeth thee not, vt re ſol la mi fa: Vnder pardon sir, What are the contents? […]

   c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 132, column 1

   1 more example

   The French added si for the seventh, and the Italians changed ut to do. Modern music-books name the whole thirteen notes of the semi-tone scale, and expect the pupil to learn them all.

   1875 February, The Ladies' Repository, volume 35, Cincinnati, page 189

1. abbreviationpostalAbbreviation of Utah: a state of the United States.
2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Uttarakhand: a state of India.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of University of Texas, Austin TX.

   Weighing the risks and benefits of statins remains important because most patients are prescribed medication for the rest of their lives, said Dr. Amit Khera, a professor and director of the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Preventive Cardiology Program, who was not involved in the study.

   2018 December 3, Jacqueline Howard, “Are statins overprescribed? Why the risks and benefits are so complex”, in CNN

4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Universal Time.

   Synonyms: UT1

plural UTs

1. abbreviationcountablefantasyAbbreviation of utility player.
2. IndiaabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of union territory.

   states and UTs

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of ultrasonic testing.