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tee¹
- /ˈtiː/
Sounds like T, te, tea, ti · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
* (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
noun tees
- The name of the Latin script letter T/t. The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
- Something shaped like the letter T. angles and tees
- Ellipsis of tee-shirt Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.
- The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
verb tees · teeing · teed
- To redirect output to multiple destinations. […] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]
tee²
- /ˈtiː/
Sounds like T, te, tea, ti · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
noun tees
- A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
- A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit. Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
- The target area of a curling rink.
- The mark at which players aim in quoits.
verb tees · teeing · teed
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To place a ball on a tee
If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
Similar: tee up
tee³
- /ˈtiː/
Sounds like T, te, tea, ti · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
verb
- To teach, educate, train, bring up.
tee⁴
- /ˈtiː/
Sounds like T, te, tea, ti · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).
noun tees
- A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
Tee⁵
proper noun
- An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
Tee⁶
Where it comes from
From Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.
proper noun
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Tee⁷
noun Tees
- Alternative letter-case form of tee
TEE⁸
noun TEEs
-
Initialism of transesophageal echocardiogram
Similar: TOE
- Initialism of thromboembolic event
- Initialism of term end examination
proper noun
- Initialism of Trans Europ Express Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees / Leave Paris in the morning with T-E-E
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tee up, football tee, golf tee, teeing ground, hole, path, mound, way, route, road, tea, ser, eto, ete, hee, rendez-vous
Translations
Talk about this word "tee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tee "tee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tee.Cite this
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title = {tee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tee},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
