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To A T

Definition: To A T

To A T

Adverb

1. In every detail; "the new house suited them to a T".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: To A T

Synonyms: just right (adv), to perfection (adv), to the letter (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: To A T

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agreement

Verb: be accordant; Adjective: agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate.

Truth

Exactly; Adjective: ad amussim; verbatim, verbatim et literatim; word for word, literally, literatim, totidem vervis, sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis; ad unguem; to an inch; to a nicety, to a hair, to a turn, to a T; au pied de la lettre; neither more nor less; in every respect, in all respects; sous tous les rapports; at any rate, at all events; strictly speaking.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: To A T

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We heard him described to a T. (The Flintstones; writing credit: R.S. Allen; Sam Bobrick)

Lyrics

When I dress to a T, ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: To A T

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Infections caused by a variety of viruses and fungi, or by Pneumocystis, point to a T cell defect. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: To A T

Expressions using "to a T": fit to a T suit smb. to a t. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: To A T

Language Translations for "to a T"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

pilkulleen (exactly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megtévesztésig jól utánoz vkit (to hit sy off to a t). (various references)

   

Manx

  

glen (chaste, clean, clear, clearcut, cloudless, downright, emphatic, fair, flat, flat of refusal, fresh-coloured, hygienic, liquidate, nett, peremptory, pure, sheer, unclouded, unclouded of vision, undefiled), cruinn jeeragh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay aay tay.(various references)

   

Turkish

  

tam olarak (accurately, completely, evenly, every bit, exactly, fairly, flat, fully, implicitly, in depth, in full, Plumb, positively, quite, right, rightdown, rootedly, roundly, slap bang, smack, straight, strictly, true), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), tıpatıp (all of a piece), aynen (ditto, do, exactly, just as, just the same, sic, so, the same, with fidelity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: To A T

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-o-t-t"

-1 letter: att, oat, tao, tat, tot.

-2 letters: at, ta, to.

 Words containing the letters "a-o-t-t"
 

+1 letter: cotta, datto, ottar, stoat, tanto, tarot, toast, total.

 

+2 letters: anatto, attorn, cottae, cottar, cottas, dattos, matzot, notate, octant, ottars, ottava, outact, outate, outeat, outsat, potato, ratton, rotate, stator, stoats, tarots, tattoo, tautog, teapot, throat, toasts, toasty, togate, tomato, tomcat, totals.

 

+3 letters: abettor, aftmost, agitato, altoist, anattos, annatto, antipot, arnatto, arnotto, atomist, attaboy, attorns, calotte, catboat, cattalo, cavetto, citator, contact, costate, cottage, cottars, flattop, garotte, gavotte, glottal, matelot, mattock, mattoid, matzoth, mozetta, mulatto, notated, notates, octants, ottavas, ottoman, outacts, outcast, outdate, outeats, outfast, outlast, outrate, outstay, outtake, outtalk, outtask, outwait, paletot, patriot, posttax, pottage, rattons, rattoon, ricotta, rotated, rotates, rotator, station, stators, stomata, stomate, taboret, taction, takeout, talipot, taproot, tatouay, tattoos, tautogs, teapots, throats, throaty, toasted, toaster, toccata, toccate, togated, toluate, tomcats, tomenta, topcoat, topmast, tostada, tostado, totable, totaled, totally, towboat, towpath, tractor, traitor, tritoma, tugboat, whatnot.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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