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ts

ts is the plural of t.

ts is the initialism of this shit.

ts is the initialism of that shit.

ts is the alternative form of this.

ts is the initialism of temperature-sensitive.

Meaning of t

Letter

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

See all 7 meanings of t

Meaning of this

Determiner

this (plural these)

  1. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
    • This classroom is where I learned to read and write.
    1. (colloquial) Referring to oneself.
      • Hey, you know what's got two thumbs and really likes brownies? This guy!1999, “Garage Sale”, in That '70s Show, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher)
  2. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
    • They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much.
  3. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
    • When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “[…]”
  4. (informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with “a certain ...”.
    • I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible!
  5. Designates the current or next instance.
    • It's cold this morning.

See all 10 meanings of this

Adjective capitalized: TS

TS (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of transsexual.
    • To want such genitals is to want the genitals of a TS man and not those of a genetic man. What is offered by the surgeons as a compromise instead of a fully functioning penis becomes for some FTMs an instance of transgender pride […]1996, Zachary I. Nataf, Lesbians talk transgender, page 26
    • Just like any other form of prejudice and discrimination, if some non-transsexual women are threatening the safety of a TS woman because she is a transsexual, it should be dealt with immediately and efficiently.2000, Viviane Namaste, Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People, page 179
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of top secret.

Noun (1) capitalized: TS

TS (countable and uncountable, plural TSs or TSes)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of transsexual.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of transcript.
  3. (abbreviation, colloquial, initialism) Initialism of tough shit.
    • BART: I need $100 for a comic. […] Dad, I want this more than anything.
      HOMER: Well, T.S.1991, Jeff Martin, Three Men and a Comic Book (episode of The Simpsons TV series)
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of tropical storm.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of technical standard.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of technical specification.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Tourette syndrome.
    • One mother of a TS boy with encopresis reported It came on suddenly, lasted two weeks and went away just as suddenly, almost like a tic, […]1992, David E. Comings, Tourette syndrome and human behavior, page 247
    • We report (1) […]; (2) TS boys showed thinner cortex relative to TS girls […]2012, Basal Ganglia Diseases: Advances in Research and Treatment, →ISBN, page 237
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Turner syndrome.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of turbine ship, a ship powered by a gas turbine or steam turbine engine.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of total station.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of telesync.
  12. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of this shit.

Proper noun capitalized: TS

TS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Telangana State: a state of India.
    Synonyms:
    TG
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Transylvanian Saxon.
    • […] a beautiful, internationally based folk etymology in Transylvanian Saxon: the French formula de haute volée, "of high rank" […] became Håt-voll-lei, literally "hat full of lei" ( = "rich person") in the TS popular usage.
      […]
      The Romanian family name […] is Radu, to which the TS feminine marker...1994, Carol Blackshire-Belay, The Germanic Mosaic: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Society, page 98
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Taylor Swift.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of TypeScript.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ts

Ts

  1. (plural) plural of T

Noun (3) capitalized: Ts

Ts

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of tosyl.

Noun (4) capitalized: Ts

Ts

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Tuesday.

Synonyms of ts

Forms of ts

pluralTSs
pluralTSes

Phrases with ts

2 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about ts

What is ts the plural of?
Ts is the plural of t.
What part of speech is ts?
Ts can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near ts in the dictionary

  1. Três Lagoas
  2. trögerite
  3. Trøndelag
  4. Trœzen
  5. Trường Sa
  6. ts
  7. Ts & Cs
  8. Ts and blues
  9. Ts and Bs
  10. Ts and Cs
  11. TS girl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ts (page history and authors); TS (page history and authors); Ts (page history and authors); t (page history and authors); this (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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