Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, etc.(lists of "T" sections that are organized into what for some people are confusing groups of words)If you have any problems understanding the pronunciation symbols, go to this Pronunciation Chart for clarifications.transience, transients
transience (TRAN zee uhns, TRAN zhuhns, TRAN shuhns)
Definition: "Sentence."
transients (TRAN zee uhns, TRAN zhuhns, TRAN shuhns)
Definition: "Sentence."
translate, transliterate
translate (TRANS layt, TRANZ layt, trans LAYT, tranz LAYT)
Definition: "Sentence."
transliterate (trans LIT uh rayt", tranz LIT uh rayt")
Definition: "Sentence."
transsexual, transvestite
transsexual (trans SEK shoo uhl)
1. Someone who wishes to be considered by society as a member of the opposite sex: "Sentence."
2. Anyone who has undergone a sex change: "Sentence." transvestite (trans VES tight", tranz VES tight")
A person who dresses and acts in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex: "Sentence."
travail, travel
travail (truh VAYL, TRAV ayl")
Definition: "Sentence."
travel (TRAV uhl)
Definition: "Sentence."
tray, trey
tray (TRAY)
1. A shallow flat receptacle with a raised edge or rim, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles: "Sentence."
2. A shallow flat receptacle with its contents: "Sentence." trey (TRAY)
A card, die, or domino with three pips: "Sentence."
treachery, treason
treachery (TRECH uh ree)
Definition: "Sentence."
treason (TREE zuhn)
Definition: "Sentence."
triumphal, triumphant
triumphal (trigh UHM fuhl)
Definition: "Sentence."
triumphant (trigh UHM fuhnt)
Definition: "Sentence."
troop, troupe
troop (TROOP)
Definition: "Sentence."
troupe (TROOP)
Definition: "Sentence."
trooper, trouper
trooper (TROO puhr)
Definition: "Sentence."
trouper (TROO puhr)
Definition: "Sentence."
trustee, trusty
trustee (tru STEE)
Definition: "Sentence."
trusty (TRUS tee)
Definition: "Sentence."
turbid, turgid
turbid (TUR bid)
Definition: "Sentence."
turgid (TUR jid)
Definition: "Sentence."
turkey, Turkey
turkey (TUR kee)
Definition: "Sentence."
Turkey (TUR kee)
Definition: "Sentence."
tutor, Tudor
tutor (TOO tuhr, TYOO tuhr)
1. A private instructor who gives additional, special, or remedial instruction to someone or others: "Sentence."
2. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor: "Sentence." 3. A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities: "Sentence." Tudor (TOO duhr, TYOO duhr)
1. An English ruling dynasty (1485-1603), including Henry VII and his descendants Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I: "Sentence."
2. Of or relating to the royal house of Tudor: "Sentence." 3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the period of the Tudors: "Sentence." 4. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an architectural style derived from the Tudor period, having exposed beams as a typical feature: "Sentence." tweak, tweet, tweeter, twit, twitter
tweak (TWEEK)
1. To pinch, pluck, or twist sharply: "Her son is very annoyed when his aunt has to tweak his cheek."
2. To adjust; to fine-tune: "The company may have to tweak the software program once more." tweet (TWEET)
1. To utter a weak chirping sound: "Rescue efforts of the man an woman were hampered by the flocks of birds that continued to tweet as they circled the couple's heads."
2. A tweet is a post or status update on Twitter, a microblogging service: "Because Twitter only allows messages of 140 characters or less, tweet is as much a play on the size of the message as it is on the audible similarity to Twitter." tweeter (TWEE tuhr)
A small loudspeaker designed to reproduce high-pitched sounds in a high-fidelity audio system: "We had to adjust the tweeter on our speaker."
twit (TWIT)
1. To taunt, ridicule, or tease; especially, for embarrassing mistakes or faults: "Only a complete twit would insult his mother the way he did."
2. A stupid or foolish person: "He is a twit who always wants to tweet on Twitter." twitter (TWIT tuhr)
1. Verb, to make fast and usually high sounds: "I could hear the bird twitter in the tree outside my bedroom window."
2. Noun, the short, high sounds that birds can make: "The twitter of songbirds filled the air." 3. In a twitter refers to being very nervous or excited about something: "She was all in a twitter about the birthday party." 4. A mini-blogging social-network service that lets a person update friends on what is going at any particular moment: "Twitter allows blog posts of only 140 characters, which is just large enough for a sentence, or two, if they are very short." 5. A social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets): "In March, 2009, Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury strip started to satirize Twitter, with the strip characters ironically highlighting the triviality of tweets and Roland, a character in the strip, defending the need to keep up with the constant-update trend or losing relevance in today's society." In Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic strip of March 6, 2009, the last frame has a banner saying: Tweets for Twits. twill, 'twill
twill (TWIL)
1. A fabric with diagonal parallel ribs and the weave used to produce such a fabric: "Sentence."
2. To weave (cloth) so as to produce a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs: "Sentence." 'twill (TWIL)
A contraction of "it will" which is an archaic or a literary usage: "Sentence."
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