"FT" meaning in English

See FT in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} FT (not comparable)
  1. (of a job) Initialism of full-time. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: full-time Coordinate_terms: PT
    Sense id: en-FT-en-adj-oaJ8GMbi

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} FT (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of full-time. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: full-time
    Sense id: en-FT-en-adv-oaJ8GMbi

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} FT
  1. (journalism) Initialism of Financial Times. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Financial Times
    Sense id: en-FT-en-name-KVmnp7QT Categories (other): Mass media Topics: journalism, media
  2. (stock market, by extension) A stock market index code for the British stock market. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-FT-en-name-aWLyoesV Categories (other): Stock market Topics: business, finance, stock-market
  3. (Islam) Initialism of Final Testament. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Final Testament
    Sense id: en-FT-en-name-tmC2mTzu Categories (other): Islam, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 2 12 39 7 9 18 11 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 3 3 7 10 34 9 8 15 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 1 1 5 11 42 6 9 19 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 3 12 43 5 10 20 7 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: FTSE

Noun

Forms: FTs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} FT (countable and uncountable, plural FTs)
  1. (basketball) Initialism of free throw. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: free throw
    Sense id: en-FT-en-noun-aC~feLQ8 Categories (other): Basketball Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (mathematics) Initialism of Fourier transform. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Fourier transform
    Sense id: en-FT-en-noun-afic7imt Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. Initialism of fluctuation theorem. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: fluctuation theorem
    Sense id: en-FT-en-noun--dh5Cqdd
  4. (sports) Initialism of full time. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: full time
    Sense id: en-FT-en-noun-He9IbrMc Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1996 November 23, so...@triax.com, “not stereotypical”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet):",
          "text": "I've been facing the trans issue \"face on\" since about 2-3 years ago, having really admitted it to myself about 4 years ago (freshperson in college), [...] So you can see I'm very confused, yet 99% sure I want to take 'mones and see how far I really need to go to be happy. do I live FT?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of full-time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "full-time",
          "full-time#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "FT"
}

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