--- title: T — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 48 description: The 1049 words of the English dictionary under T, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / T # T — The English dictionary · page 48 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/47/) **48** [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/49/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/58/) **trice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trice is a very short time, a moment. '[↗](../../trice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In a trice' means at once, very quickly.[↗](../../trice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In a trice the dog was gone.[↗](../../trice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the carriage she jumped in a trice.[↗](../../trice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Give me a trice to find my coat.[↗](../../trice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **triceps** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The triceps is the big muscle at the back of your upper arm, which straightens your arm at the elbow.[↗](../../triceps/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The triceps straightens your arm.[↗](../../triceps/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When the biceps contracts, the triceps relaxes.[↗](../../triceps/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Push-ups make your triceps stronger.[↗](../../triceps/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Feel your triceps tighten when you push.[↗](../../triceps/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The triceps is on the back of the upper arm.[↗](../../triceps/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stretch your triceps after exercise.[↗](../../triceps/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **triceratops** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large plant-eating dinosaur with three horns on its face and a big bony frill around the back of its head.[↗](../../triceratops/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A triceratops had three horns on its face.[↗](../../triceratops/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The triceratops ate plants, not meat.[↗](../../triceratops/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a triceratops skeleton at the museum.[↗](../../triceratops/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Triceratops may have used its frill to scare enemies.[↗](../../triceratops/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Triceratops means «three-horned face».[↗](../../triceratops/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Five triceratops have fifteen horns altogether.[↗](../../triceratops/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother's favourite dinosaur is triceratops.[↗](../../triceratops/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **trick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something done to fool or cheat someone.[↗](../../trick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A clever or funny action that needs skill: a magic trick, a skateboard trick.[↗](../../trick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A clever way of doing something: a trick for remembering.[↗](../../trick/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A joke played on someone: play a trick on.[↗](../../trick/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Verb: to make someone believe something false.[↗](../../trick/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He did a magic trick with a coin.[↗](../../trick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox tricked the crow into dropping the cheese.[↗](../../trick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a trick question\![↗](../../trick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went trick-or-treating on Halloween.[↗](../../trick/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A stranger might use a trick like «help me find my puppy» — say no and tell an adult.[↗](../../trick/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog can do tricks.[↗](../../trick/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Here's a trick to remember the planets.[↗](../../trick/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A cold flannel did the trick.[↗](../../trick/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So the Farmer hit on a trick.[↗](../../trick/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **trickery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Trickery is using tricks to deceive or cheat people, making them believe something false.[↗](../../trickery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He won the game by trickery."[↗](../../trickery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Trickery can also mean clever illusions, as in magic shows or special effects, that fool the eye on purpose for fun.[↗](../../trickery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox got the cheese by trickery.[↗](../../trickery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers use trickery to get people's passwords.[↗](../../trickery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician's trickery amazed the audience.[↗](../../trickery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film used clever camera trickery to make the giant look huge.[↗](../../trickery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Winning by trickery is not really winning.[↗](../../trickery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Anansi the spider is famous for trickery in West African stories.[↗](../../trickery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ref spotted the player's trickery and gave a yellow card.[↗](../../trickery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But he was on the watch for trickery, and examined it carefully, and saw that it had no power to heal.[↗](../../trickery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **trickle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To trickle is for a liquid to flow slowly in a thin line or small drops.[↗](../../trickle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To trickle is also for people or things to come or go slowly, a few at a time.[↗](../../trickle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A trickle is a thin slow flow of liquid.[↗](../../trickle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A trickle is also a small number of people or things arriving slowly.[↗](../../trickle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A trickle of water ran down the window.[↗](../../trickle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sweat trickled down his face in the heat.[↗](../../trickle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pupils trickled into class after lunch.[↗](../../trickle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In summer the river is only a trickle.[↗](../../trickle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sand trickled through her fingers.[↗](../../trickle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Letters from fans came in at a trickle.[↗](../../trickle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain trickled through the cracks in the roof.[↗](../../trickle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The water trickled down the naked sides of the rocks, and snow lay thickly all around.[↗](../../trickle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.[↗](../../trickle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trickle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **trickster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trickster is a person who tricks or cheats people, often to get their money.[↗](../../trickster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In myths and folk tales, a trickster is a clever, playful character who plays tricks on others, such as Anansi the spider, Coyote, or Loki.[↗](../../trickster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Anansi the spider is a famous trickster in African stories.[↗](../../trickster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The trickster sold fake tickets outside the stadium.[↗](../../trickster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Beware of tricksters who say you have won a prize.[↗](../../trickster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Loki is the trickster of Norse myths.[↗](../../trickster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox is often the trickster in fables.[↗](../../trickster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A trickster pretended to be from the bank on the phone.[↗](../../trickster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **tricky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tricky means difficult and needing care or skill («a tricky question»).[↗](../../tricky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A tricky person is clever at tricking or deceiving others.[↗](../../tricky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This maths problem is tricky; read it carefully.[↗](../../tricky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Said» is a tricky word to spell.[↗](../../tricky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Parking in that narrow street is tricky.[↗](../../tricky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch out for tricky people who ask for help finding a puppy.[↗](../../tricky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The final level of the game is really tricky.[↗](../../tricky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a tricky situation, so I asked my teacher.[↗](../../tricky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox in the story is very tricky.[↗](../../tricky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Knots can be tricky to undo.[↗](../../tricky/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, though the jackal was dead, he had left two sons behind him, every whit as cunning and tricky as their father.[↗](../../tricky/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **tricycle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tricycle is a small bike with three wheels, one at the front and two at the back.[↗](../../tricycle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is easy to balance, so young children ride tricycles; some grown-ups ride big ones to carry goods.[↗](../../tricycle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A tricycle has 3 wheels.[↗](../../tricycle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 4 bicycles and 3 tricycles in the yard.[↗](../../tricycle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bikes and tricycles have 25 wheels in all.[↗](../../tricycle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many wheels do 6 tricycles have?[↗](../../tricycle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother rides his tricycle around the garden.[↗](../../tricycle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A tricycle does not fall over when it stops.[↗](../../tricycle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The preschool has five red trikes.[↗](../../tricycle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «Tri» means three, as in triangle.[↗](../../tricycle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **trident** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trident is a spear with three sharp points, like a fork with three prongs.[↗](../../trident/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In myths, Neptune (Roman) and Poseidon (Greek), the gods of the sea, carry a trident.[↗](../../trident/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The trident is the coat of arms of Ukraine (the «tryzub»).[↗](../../trident/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Trident is the name of the UK's nuclear missile system.[↗](../../trident/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Poseidon raised his trident and the sea grew wild.[↗](../../trident/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A trident has three sharp points.[↗](../../trident/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Britannia holds a trident and a shield.[↗](../../trident/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The trident, called the tryzub, is Ukraine's national symbol.[↗](../../trident/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishermen used tridents to spear fish.[↗](../../trident/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the cartoon, King Triton waves a golden trident.[↗](../../trident/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Debates about Trident, Britain's nuclear weapons, are part of UK politics.[↗](../../trident/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Upon this Poseidon struck the ground with his trident, and the horse sprang forth in all his untamed strength and graceful beauty.[↗](../../trident/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **tried** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Past of «try»: made an effort to do something (I tried to lift the box).[↗](../../tried/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Tested or tasted something to see what it is like (I tried sushi).[↗](../../tried/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Put on clothes to see if they fit (She tried on the shoes).[↗](../../tried/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Judged a person in a law court (He was tried for theft).[↗](../../tried/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Tried and tested / tried and true: proven to work well.[↗](../../tried/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I tried to lift the box, but it was too heavy.[↗](../../tried/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you tried the new ice cream flavour?[↗](../../tried/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She tried on three dresses before choosing.[↗](../../tried/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We tried 4 × 6, but the answer was too small, so we tried 4 × 7.[↗](../../tried/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried his best, and that's what matters.[↗](../../tried/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They tried out for the football team.[↗](../../tried/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a tried and tested recipe.[↗](../../tried/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Michael had tried on his spectacles.[↗](../../tried/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.[↗](../../tried/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tried/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the name of the place was called Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tried the LORD, saying: 'Is the LORD among us, or not?'[↗](../../tried/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tried/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert.[↗](../../tried/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tried/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and Thy servant loveth it.[↗](../../tried/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.140, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tried/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.[↗](../../tried/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../tried/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **trieth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «trieth» means «tries», a form of «try»: To make an effort to do something.[↗](../../trieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Try to finish."[↗](../../trieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Proba- tion, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator trieth all righteous persons.[↗](../../trieth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) · The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator (blessed be He) trieth all righteous persons.[↗](../../trieth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) **trifle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit or jelly, custard and cream, popular in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ.[↗](../../trifle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something small and unimportant.[↗](../../trifle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (in «a trifle») A little, slightly: «a trifle tired».[↗](../../trifle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (in «trifle with») To treat someone or something without enough respect or seriousness.[↗](../../trifle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma made a big trifle for the party.[↗](../../trifle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The trifle had layers of jelly, custard and cream.[↗](../../trifle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't worry about such trifles.[↗](../../trifle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soup was a trifle too salty.[↗](../../trifle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old king was not a man to be trifled with.[↗](../../trifle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It cost only a trifle, so I bought it.[↗](../../trifle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) That's a trifle unfair, isn't it?[↗](../../trifle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the dwarfs were not to be trifled with.[↗](../../trifle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ()f the Sefer Yetzirah II little need be said ; it abounds in trifles, contradictions and repetitions.[↗](../../trifle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../trifle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **trigger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trigger is the small lever on a gun or tool that you pull to make it work.[↗](../../trigger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To trigger something means to make it start or happen.[↗](../../trigger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A trigger is something that causes a reaction, such as a thing that sets off an alarm, an allergy or a strong feeling.[↗](../../trigger/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Burnt toast triggered the smoke alarm.[↗](../../trigger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dust can trigger my sister's asthma.[↗](../../trigger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Squeeze the trigger on the spray bottle to water the plants.[↗](../../trigger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The heavy rain triggered a flood.[↗](../../trigger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water pistol has a bright orange trigger.[↗](../../trigger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Opening the door triggers the doorbell chime.[↗](../../trigger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold air is one of his asthma triggers.[↗](../../trigger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If you ever find a real gun, don't touch it and tell an adult.[↗](../../trigger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It began to dig up another tree, when he pulled the trigger and--bang\![↗](../../trigger/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **trigon** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A triangular stringed musical instrument, a kind of small harp.[↗](../../trigon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* that at what time ye hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up; (Writings DAN.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trigon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; (Writings DAN.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../trigon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **trike** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A tricycle: a cycle with three wheels, often for small children.[↗](../../trike/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A motorbike with three wheels.[↗](../../trike/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little sister rides a red trike.[↗](../../trike/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A trike has three wheels.[↗](../../trike/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 4 trikes in the shed: how many wheels?[↗](../../trike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Twelve.[↗](../../trike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He pedalled his trike round the garden.[↗](../../trike/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad rode a motor trike to the beach.[↗](../../trike/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The trikes and bikes are parked by the gate.[↗](../../trike/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **trill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trill is a quick, high, repeated sound, like a bird singing.[↗](../../trill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (music) A trill is when two notes next to each other are played or sung very quickly one after the other many times.[↗](../../trill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (language) A trill is a sound made by letting the tongue flutter, like the rolled «r» in Spanish or Scottish English.[↗](../../trill/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To trill is to make such a sound, or to say something in a high, happy voice.[↗](../../trill/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A blackbird's trill came from the hedge.[↗](../../trill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The flute player added a trill at the end.[↗](../../trill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Spanish, «perro» has a trilled r.[↗](../../trill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Good morning, darlings!» she trilled.[↗](../../trill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone trilled on the table.[↗](../../trill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you roll your r's into a trill?[↗](../../trill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **trillion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A trillion is a million millions: 1,000,000,000,000, or 10 to the power of 12 — a 1 followed by 12 zeros.[↗](../../trillion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) «Trillions» means an enormous, uncountable number: «I've told you trillions of times!».[↗](../../trillion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A trillion is a thousand billion.[↗](../../trillion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The human body is made of trillions of cells.[↗](../../trillion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write one trillion in digits: 1,000,000,000,000.[↗](../../trillion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Counting to a trillion, one number a second, would take over 30,000 years.[↗](../../trillion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some countries' economies are worth trillions of dollars.[↗](../../trillion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are trillions of tiny bacteria in your gut.[↗](../../trillion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I've asked you a trillion times to tidy your room\![↗](../../trillion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../trillion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) … [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/47/) **48** [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/page/49/) … 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