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tu

tu is the pronunciation spelling of to.

Meaning of to

Particle (1)

to

  1. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
    • I want to leave.
  2. As above, with the verb implied.
    • "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed."
  3. Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.
    • You are to go to the store and buy a bottle of milk.

Particle (2)

to

  1. (India, North, colloquial, mild intensifier) A filler word common amongst urban Indians.
    • I am to so bored right now.

See all 27 meanings of to

Proper noun (1) capitalized: TU

TU

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Taylor University.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Temple University.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Tooling University.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Towson University.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Trent University.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Tribhuvan University.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Tulane University.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of University of Tulsa.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Touro University.

Noun (1) capitalized: TU

TU (countable and uncountable, plural TUs)

  1. Tuberculin Units, the measure of an antigen used to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.
  2. Time Unit.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of translation unit.
  4. tritium unit: equal to 1 atom of tritium per 10¹⁸ hydrogen atoms, typically in water.

Noun (2) capitalized: Tu

Tu

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Tuesday.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tu

Tu (plural Tus)

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Forms of tu

Noun
pluralTUs
Proper noun
pluralTus

Origin of tu

Borrowed from Chinese. Most likely from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 屠 (Tú) or 涂 (Tú).

Phrases with tu

Questions about tu

What does tu mean?
Tu means tuberculin Units, the measure of an antigen used to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.
What is tu the pronunciation spelling of?
Tu is the pronunciation spelling of to.
What part of speech is tu?
Tu can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near tu in the dictionary

  1. TTX
  2. TTY
  3. ttyl
  4. TTYS
  5. TTYTMR
  6. tu
  7. tu quoque
  8. tu quoques
  9. Tu Ɂulah Shúh
  10. tu-tou
  11. tu-tous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tu (page history and authors); TU (page history and authors); Tu (page history and authors); to (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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