ta

Interjection

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) Thanks.
   • Ta for the cup of tea.
2. (Commonwealth, childish) give (imperative)
   • Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!

Noun (1)

ta (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms:

   te, B-flat, li

Proper noun capitalized: TA

TA

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Territorial Army.

Noun (2) capitalized: TA

TA (countable and uncountable, plural TAs)

1. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of transportation authority.
2. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of teaching assistant.
3. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of travel agent.
4. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of target audience.
5. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of time attack.
6. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
7. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of transactional analysis.
8. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of term assurance.

Verb capitalized: TA

TA (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)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To act as a teaching assistant (for a class).
   • The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.
   • I really want to TA Programming 1 some day.

Adjective capitalized: TA

TA (not comparable)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of toxin-antitoxin.