ta

/tɑː/

interjection

  1. 1

    Thanks.

    “Ta for the cup of tea.”
  2. 2

    (baby talk) give (imperative)

    “Mommy needs the bottle back. Ta!”

preposition

  1. 1

    Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

    “We are walking to the shop.”
  2. 2

    Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

    “He devoted himself to education.”
  3. 3

    Used to indicate result of action.

    “His face was beaten to a pulp.”
  4. 4

    Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

    “To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.”
  5. 5

    Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

    “similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.”
  6. 6

    Denotes the end of a range.

    “It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.”
  7. 7

    As a.

    “With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).”
  8. 8

    Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

    “I have ten dollars to your four.”
  9. 9

    Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

    “Three squared or three to the second power is nine.”
  10. 10

    (time) Preceding.

    “ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).”
  11. 11

    Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

    “Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.”
  12. 12

    At.

    “Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.”

noun

  1. 1

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

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