ta
pronunciation
How to pronounce ta in British English:
UK [tɑ:]
How to pronounce ta in American English:
US [tɑ]
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- Noun:
- a hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite
Word Origin
- ta
- 1772, "natural infantile sound of gratitude" [Weekley].
Example
- 1. My german ta is really cute !
- 2. Study questions , comments in the previous lecture , handouts , things the ta says .
- 3. Lightly grease all joints as demonstrated by your ta .
- 4. " He had friends and he was a ta , " said stanton , 30 , who is studying engineering education . " You can 't be a ta and not be social . "
- 5. So resist the temptation to talk about the " bad ass " paper you need help with , your " loser " ta who didn 't teach you what you needed to know , or the " cruddy " grade you just got on the midterm .