TA
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"
Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
TA
- (metrology) Symbol for teraampere, an SI unit of electrical current equal to 1012 amperes.
Etymology 2
Symbol
TA
- (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Tristan da Cunha.
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
- Initialism of Territorial Army.
Noun
TA (countable and uncountable, plural TAs)
- (countable) Initialism of transportation authority.
- (countable) Initialism of teaching assistant.
- (countable) Initialism of travel agent.
- (countable) Initialism of target audience.
- (countable, aviation) Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
- (uncountable) Initialism of transactional analysis.
- (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)
- (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)
- (microbiology) Initialism of toxin-antitoxin.
Derived terms
- TA system (toxin-antitoxin system)
Anagrams
Chinese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Pronoun
TA
- (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 (plural TA-TA)
- (education) initialism of tahun ajaran
- (education) initialism of tahun akademik
- (education) initialism of tugas akhir
- (finance) initialism of tahun anggaran
Verb
TA
- (education, colloquial) initialism of titip absen
Spanish
Proper noun
TA
- abbreviation of Tamaulipas: a state of Mexico