English Explanatory Dictionary

tee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
  2. Something shaped like the letter T.
  3. Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
  4. The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
verb
  1. To redirect output to multiple destinations.
noun
  1. A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  2. A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
  3. The target area of a curling rink.
  4. The mark at which players aim in quoits.
verb
  1. To place a ball on a tee
verb
  1. To teach, educate, train, bring up.
noun
  1. A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
name
  1. An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
name
  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tee.
noun
  1. Initialism of transesophageal echocardiogram.
  2. Initialism of thromboembolic event.
  3. Initialism of term end examination.
name
  1. Initialism of Trans Europ Express.

Pronunciation

/ˈtiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tee.wav

Word forms

tee tees teeing teed

Etymology

* From Middle English [Term?], 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.

Synonyms

tee up TOE

Related words

T tee hee tee hee hee tee-tee Wiktionary’s coverage of Tee terms

Derived words

baby tee band tee bee tee dubs branch tee bulb tee graphic tee guinea tee pocket tee run tee seetee technical tee tee bend tee joint tee junction tee line teepee tees and blues tee-section tee-shaped teeshirt teetotal teevee to a tee union tee tee ball teebox tee off tee on tee time tee up

Translations

Alabama: tìika Arabic: تِي Asturian: te Bengali: টি Bulgarian: те Burmese: တီ Catalan: te Czech: té Esperanto: to Finnish: tee French: té Galician: te Greek: τι Hawaiian: tī Hindi: टी Icelandic: té Ido: te Indonesian: te Irish: té Irish: tinne Irish: teithne Japanese: ティー Korean: 티 Latin: tē Malay: ti Marathi: टी Occitan: te Portuguese: tê Russian: ти Russian: тэ Spanish: te Swedish: te Tagalog: ti Tagalog: ta (Abakada) Thai: ที Turkish: te Vietnamese: tê Vietnamese: tờ Welsh: ti
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