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T.

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

1 character1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

character/tiː/letter, name/t/phoneme[tʰ][t]
  1. The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
num/tiː/letter, name/t/phoneme[tʰ][t]
  1. The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

    uppercase
name/tiː/
  1. AT&T.

  2. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.

    informal
    I'm going to take the T.
  3. The roughly T-shaped rural part of Pennsylvania, located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

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

adj/tiː/
  1. Abbreviation of teen.

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
  2. Abbreviation of taxable.

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
  3. Abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5–15 cm in height).

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
  4. Abbreviation of transgender or transsexual.

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
  5. Abbreviation of true.

    abbreviation · alt-of · not-comparable
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noun/tiː/
  1. Ellipsis of T-shirt.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · informal · uncountable
  2. Abbreviation of Tuesday.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  3. Abbreviation of Thursday.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  4. Abbreviation of tenor.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  5. Ellipsis of Model T.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  6. Abbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  7. Abbreviation of ties (statistic).

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  8. Abbreviation of technical foul.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  9. Abbreviation of testosterone.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · uncountable
  10. Ellipsis of T wave.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  11. Ellipsis of T cell.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  12. Ellipsis of T-beam.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  13. Abbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · historical · uncountable
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.