"TA" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} TA (not comparable)
  1. (microbiology) Initialism of toxin-antitoxin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: toxin-antitoxin Categories (topical): Microbiology Derived forms: TA system (english: toxin-antitoxin system)
    Sense id: en-TA-en-adj-tOk2DacL Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} TA
  1. Initialism of Territorial Army. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Territorial Army
    Sense id: en-TA-en-name-TX0VexnI

Noun

Forms: TAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} TA (countable and uncountable, plural TAs)
  1. (countable) Initialism of transportation authority. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: transportation authority
    Sense id: en-TA-en-noun-kOOJFGhp
  2. (countable) Initialism of teaching assistant. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: teaching assistant
    Sense id: en-TA-en-noun-P8-d3i85
  3. (countable) Initialism of travel agent. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: travel agent
    Sense id: en-TA-en-noun-2pMPDgW8
  4. (countable) Initialism of target audience. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: target audience
    Sense id: en-TA-en-noun-9pzAIxtM
  5. (countable, aviation) Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: traffic advisory (extra: a type of TCAS warning) Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-TA-en-noun-N5EwOvoR Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (uncountable) Initialism of transactional analysis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: transactional analysis
    Sense id: en-TA-en-noun-qKt5YMYb
  7. (uncountable, insurance) Initialism of term assurance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: term assurance Categories (topical): Insurance
    Sense id: en-TA-en-noun-uBCi0hm- Topics: business, insurance

Verb

Head templates: {{en-verb|TAs|TAing|TAed|past2=TAd|past3=TA'ed|past4=TA'd|pres_3sg2=TA's|pres_ptc2=TA'ing}} 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) Forms: TAs [present, singular, third-person], TA's [present, singular, third-person], TAing [participle, present], TA'ing [participle, present], TAed [participle, past], TAed [past], TAd [participle, past], TAd [past], TA'ed [participle, past], TA'ed [past], TA'd [participle, past], TA'd [past]
  1. (intransitive, transitive) To act as a teaching assistant (for a class). Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-TA-en-verb-JtxSUEGw

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      "alt_of": [
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          "word": "Territorial Army"
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        "Initialism of transportation authority."
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        ],
        [
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        "(countable) Initialism of transportation authority."
      ],
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        "Initialism of teaching assistant."
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        "(countable) Initialism of teaching assistant."
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        "(countable) Initialism of travel agent."
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
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    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of target audience."
      ],
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        "(countable) Initialism of target audience."
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          "extra": "a type of TCAS warning",
          "word": "traffic advisory"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Aviation",
          "orig": "en:Aviation",
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            "Transport",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "aviation"
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        [
          "traffic advisory",
          "traffic advisory#English"
        ],
        [
          "TCAS",
          "TCAS#English"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, aviation) Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism"
      ],
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        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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    },
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          "word": "transactional analysis"
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        "Initialism of transactional analysis."
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        [
          "transactional analysis",
          "transactional analysis#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Initialism of transactional analysis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "term assurance"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Insurance",
          "orig": "en:Insurance",
          "parents": [
            "Finance",
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        "Initialism of term assurance."
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          "insurance"
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        [
          "term assurance",
          "term assurance#English"
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        "(uncountable, insurance) Initialism of term assurance."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "insurance"
      ]
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "TAd",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "TAd",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "TA'ed",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "TA'ed",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "TA'd",
      "tags": [
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    },
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I really want to TA Programming 1 some day.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act as a teaching assistant (for a class)."
      ],
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          "teaching assistant",
          "teaching assistant"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, transitive) To act as a teaching assistant (for a class)."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "TA"
}

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      "expansion": "TA (not comparable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "toxin-antitoxin"
        }
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Microbiology",
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        "Initialism of toxin-antitoxin."
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        [
          "microbiology",
          "microbiology"
        ],
        [
          "toxin",
          "toxin#English"
        ],
        [
          "antitoxin",
          "antitoxin#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(microbiology) Initialism of toxin-antitoxin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences"
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          "word": "Territorial Army"
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    }
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        "Initialism of transportation authority."
      ],
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          "authority",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(countable) Initialism of transportation authority."
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
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    },
    {
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        "Initialism of teaching assistant."
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Initialism of teaching assistant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "travel agent"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of travel agent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "travel agent",
          "travel agent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Initialism of travel agent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "target audience"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of target audience."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "target",
          "target#English"
        ],
        [
          "audience",
          "audience#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Initialism of target audience."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
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        }
      ],
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Aviation"
      ],
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        "Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ],
        [
          "traffic advisory",
          "traffic advisory#English"
        ],
        [
          "TCAS",
          "TCAS#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(countable, aviation) Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism"
      ],
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        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "transactional analysis"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of transactional analysis."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "transactional analysis",
          "transactional analysis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Initialism of transactional analysis."
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "term assurance"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Insurance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of term assurance."
      ],
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        [
          "insurance",
          "insurance"
        ],
        [
          "term assurance",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, insurance) Initialism of term assurance."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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      ],
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        "business",
        "insurance"
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    }
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}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TA's",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TAing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TA'ing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TAed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TAed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TAd",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TAd",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TA'ed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TA'ed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TA'd",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "TA'd",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "TAs",
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        "past2": "TAd",
        "past3": "TA'ed",
        "past4": "TA'd",
        "pres_3sg2": "TA's",
        "pres_ptc2": "TA'ing"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I really want to TA Programming 1 some day.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act as a teaching assistant (for a class)."
      ],
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        [
          "teaching assistant",
          "teaching assistant"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, transitive) To act as a teaching assistant (for a class)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "TA"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "toxin-antitoxin system",
      "word": "TA system"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "TA (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "toxin-antitoxin"
        }
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        "Initialism of toxin-antitoxin."
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        "(microbiology) Initialism of toxin-antitoxin."
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