name
Meaning 1
An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tee
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtiː/
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rhymes with -iː
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homophone: T
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homophone: te
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homophone: tea
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homophone: ti
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CMU ARPABET: T IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Trans Europ Express.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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noun
Meaning 4
The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
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noun
Meaning 5
Something shaped like the letter T.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- angles and tees
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noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles
Examples
- Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.
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noun
Meaning 7
The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 9
A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 10
The target area of a curling rink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 11
The mark at which players aim in quoits.
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noun
Meaning 12
A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
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noun
Meaning 13
Alternative letter-case form of tee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 14
Initialism of transesophageal echocardiogram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: TOE
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
Initialism of thromboembolic event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 16
Initialism of term end examination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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verb
Meaning 17
To redirect output to multiple destinations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 18
To place a ball on a tee
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 19
To teach, educate, train, bring up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 20
a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: golf tee
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: golf equipment, peg, nog
noun
Meaning 21
support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: football tee
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support
noun
Meaning 22
the starting place for each hole on a golf course
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they were waiting on the first tee
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: teeing ground
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: site, land site
verb
Meaning 23
connect with a tee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- tee two pipes
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: connect, link, tie, link up
verb
Meaning 24
place on a tee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- tee golf balls
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tee up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
History
Etymology
From Hokkien 鄭/郑 (Tīn). Doublet of Chung.
* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).
From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Alabama: tìika — name of the letter T, t
- Arabic: تِي (tī) — name of the letter T, t
- Asturian: te — name of the letter T, t
- Bengali: টি (ṭi) — name of the letter T, t
- Bulgarian: те (te) — name of the letter T, t
- Burmese: တီ (ti) — name of the letter T, t
- Catalan: te — name of the letter T, t
- Czech: té — name of the letter T, t
- Esperanto: to — name of the letter T, t
- Finnish: tee — name of the letter T, t
- French: té — name of the letter T, t
- Galician: te — name of the letter T, t
- Greek: τι (ti) — name of the letter T, t
- Hawaiian: tī — name of the letter T, t
- Hindi: टी (ṭī) — name of the letter T, t
- Icelandic: té — name of the letter T, t
- Ido: te — name of the letter T, t
- Indonesian: te — name of the letter T, t
- Irish: té — name of the letter T, t
- Irish: tinne — name of the letter T, t
- Irish: teithne — name of the letter T, t
- Japanese: ティー (tī) — name of the letter T, t
- Korean: 티 (ti) — name of the letter T, t
- Latin: tē — name of the letter T, t
- Malay: ti — name of the letter T, t
- Marathi: टी (ṭī) — name of the letter T, t
- Occitan: te — name of the letter T, t
- Portuguese: tê — name of the letter T, t
- Russian: ти (ti) — name of the letter T, t
- Russian: тэ (tɛ) — name of the letter T, t
- Spanish: te — name of the letter T, t
- Swedish: te — name of the letter T, t
- Tagalog: ti — name of the letter T, t
- Tagalog: ta (Abakada) — name of the letter T, t
- Thai: ที (tii) — name of the letter T, t
- Turkish: te — name of the letter T, t
- Vietnamese: tê — name of the letter T, t
- Vietnamese: tờ — name of the letter T, t
- Welsh: ti — name of the letter T, t
- Dutch: tee — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Dutch: afslagplaats — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Finnish: tiiauspaikka — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- German: Abschlag — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Icelandic: teigur — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Russian: ме́тка (métka) — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Swedish: tee — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Swedish: utslagsplats — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Tagalog: puntod — golf: ground for hitting first shots
- Finnish: tii — golf: peg
- German: Tee — golf: peg
- Icelandic: tí — golf: peg
- Māori: tī — golf: peg
- Russian: ко́лышек (kólyšek) — golf: peg
- Swedish: peg — golf: peg
- Swedish: golfpeg — golf: peg
- Finnish: tee — curling: target area
- Russian: мише́нь (mišénʹ) — curling: target area
- Swedish: tee — curling: target area