TA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

TA

1. (metrology) Symbol for teraampere, an SI unit of electrical current equal to 10¹² amperes.

Etymology 2

Symbol

TA

1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tristan da Cunha.

   Synonym: TAA (alpha-3)

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the Universal Postal Union for the purpose of assigning a stamp issuing area, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

Proper noun

TA

1. Initialism of Territorial Army.

Noun

TA (countable and uncountable, plural TAs)

1. (countable) Initialism of transportation authority.
2. (countable) Initialism of teaching assistant.
3. (countable) Initialism of travel agent.
4. (countable) Initialism of target audience.
5. (countable, aviation) Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
6. (uncountable) Initialism of transactional analysis.
7. (uncountable, insurance) Initialism of term assurance.

Verb

TA (third-person singular simple present TAs or TA's, present participle TAing or TA'ing, simple past and past participle TAed or TAd or TA'ed or TA'd)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To act as a teaching assistant (for a class).

   The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.

   I really want to TA Programming 1 some day.

Adjective

TA (not comparable)

1. (microbiology) Initialism of toxin-antitoxin.

Derived terms

• TA system (toxin-antitoxin system)

 

Anagrams

• 'at, A-T, A/T, AT, at, at-

Chinese

Alternative forms

• ta, Ta

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ta
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹
    • Yale: tā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵/

Pronoun

TA

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang) An alternative spelling of the third-person pronoun 他 (tā)/她 (tā) that is explicitly gender-neutral: they; them

   Synonym: X也

Derived terms

• TA們／TA们
• ⿰㐅也

 

References

• Victor Mair, "The degendering of the third person pronoun in Mandarin". Language Log.
• Victor Mair, "Roman-letter Mandarin pronoun of indeterminate gender". Language Log.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtea]

Noun

TA (first-person possessive TAku, second-person possessive TAmu, third-person possessive TAnya)

1. (education) Initialism of tahun ajaran.
2. (education) Initialism of tahun akademik.
3. (education) Initialism of tugas akhir.
4. (finance) Initialism of tahun anggaran.

Verb

TA

1. (education, colloquial) Initialism of titip absen.

Spanish

Proper noun

TA

1. Abbreviation of Tamaulipas. (Mexican state)