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Definition: To A T |
To A TAdverb1. 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 TSynonyms: just right (adv), to perfection (adv), to the letter (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
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. |
| 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. | ||
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. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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