t

Letter (1)

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

Numeral (1)

1. (lowercase) The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

Letter (2) capitalized: T

1. (letter, uppercase) The 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

Numeral (2) capitalized: T

1. (uppercase) The twentieth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.

Adjective capitalized: T

T (not comparable)

1. (abbreviation, ratings) Abbreviation of teen.
2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of taxable.
3. (abbreviation, American Library Association) Abbreviation of twentieth, a book size range (12.5–15 cm in height).
4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of transgender or transsexual.
5. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of true.

   Antonyms:

   F

Noun capitalized: T

T (countable and uncountable, plural Ts)

1. (abbreviation, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis 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. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Tuesday.
3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Thursday.
4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of tenor.
5. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Model T.
6. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of trailer (“trailer car”).
7. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of ties (statistic).
8. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of technical foul.
9. (abbreviation, especially LGBTQ) Abbreviation of testosterone.
   • 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
   • 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
10. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis 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. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis 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. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of T-beam.
13. (abbreviation, historical) Abbreviation of temperance, marked in the ship's books when a sailor chose money instead of the daily rum ration.

Proper noun capitalized: T

T

1. AT&T.
2. (informal) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA; specifically, the subway or train.
   • I'm going to take the T.
3. (informal) The 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