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UT^¹

proper noun

abbreviation Abbreviation of Utah: a state of the United States.
abbreviation Abbreviation of Uttarakhand: a state of India.
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of University of Texas, Austin TX. Weighing the risks and benefits of statins remains important because most patients are prescribed medication for the rest of their lives, said Dr. Amit Khera, a professor and director of the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Preventive Cardiology Program, who was not involved in the study.
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Universal Time
Similar: UT1

noun UTs

abbreviation, countable Abbreviation of utility player
India, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of union territory states and UTs
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of ultrasonic testing

ut^²

/ʊt/ UK
/ʌt/ UK
/ut/ US
/ʌt/ US
/ʊt/ US

Rhymes with -ʊt, -ʌt, -uːt

Where it comes from

From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Benedictine monk Paulus Deacon (8th c. CE).

noun uts

dated Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale. Old Mantuam, old Mantuan. Who vnderſtandeth thee not, vt re ſol la mi fa: Vnder pardon sir, What are the contents? […]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gmt, universal time, do, doh, greenwich time, austin, tair, till, up to, up until, before, prior to, preceding, pending, to, ahead of

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noun first note of a major scale

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@misc{ut_2026,
  title = {ut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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