--- title: T — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 969 words of the school 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/school/T/page/3/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / T # T — The school dictionary · page 3 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/10/) - [temper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temper/) — Your temper is how easily you get angry: «a quick temper». — 13 sentences - [temperament](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temperament/) — A person's or animal's usual nature and mood, the way they normally feel and behave. — 8 sentences - [temperate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temperate/) — A temperate climate or place is never extremely hot or extremely cold, with warm summers and cool winters. — 9 sentences - [temperature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temperature/) — Temperature tells how hot or cold something is. We measure it in degrees with a thermometer. — 12 sentences - [tempest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tempest/) — A tempest is a violent storm with strong wind and heavy rain. — 4 sentences - [templar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/templar/) — A Knight Templar: a member of a religious order of knights founded about 1119 to protect Christian pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem. — 9 sentences - [temple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temple/) — A temple is a building where people go to pray and worship in some religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism, and in anci… — 10 sentences - [tempo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tempo/) — The tempo is the speed of a piece of music: fast, slow or in between. — 8 sentences - [temporal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporal/) — Temporal means worldly, belonging to this life and not to religion or the Church. — 5 sentences - [temporarily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporarily/) — Temporarily means for a short time only, not for ever. — 9 sentences - [temporary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temporary/) — Lasting for only a short time, not forever. — 10 sentences - [tempt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tempt/) — To make someone want to do or have something, especially something they should not. — 11 sentences - [temptation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/temptation/) — Temptation is the feeling of wanting to do something, especially something you know is wrong or not good for you. — 11 sentences - [tempura](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tempura/) — Tempura is a Japanese dish of pieces of seafood (like prawns) or vegetables dipped in a light batter and deep-fried until crispy. — 8 sentences - [ten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ten/) — Ten is the number 10. It is one more than nine. — 13 sentences - [tenancy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenancy/) — The right to live in or use a house, flat, land or shop that you rent from the owner. — 8 sentences - [tenant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenant/) — A tenant is a person who pays rent to live in a house or flat, or to use land or a building, that belongs to someone else (the landlord). — 11 sentences - [tend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tend/) — To usually do something or often be a certain way. — 11 sentences - [tendency](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendency/) — If you have a tendency to do something, you often do it or are likely to do it. — 10 sentences - [tender](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tender/) — Soft and easy to cut or chew (tender meat). — 17 sentences - [tenderly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenderly/) — Tenderly means gently and with love or kindness. — 4 sentences - [tenderness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenderness/) — Tenderness is gentle love and kindness, softness of feeling. — 5 sentences - [tendon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendon/) — A tendon is a strong, tough band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone. — 8 sentences - [tendril](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/) — A tendril is a thin, curly, thread-like part of a climbing plant that wraps around things to help the plant climb, as on peas, grapes and… — 10 sentences - [tenement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenement/) — A tenement is a large old building divided into many flats, especially one that was crowded and often poor, as in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dubl… — 10 sentences - [tenfold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/) — Tenfold means ten times as much or as many: «Sales grew tenfold». — 9 sentences - [tenner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenner/) — A tenner is ten pounds, ten euros or ten dollars, or a banknote worth ten. — 8 sentences - [tennis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/) — Tennis is a sport for two or four players who hit a small ball over a net with rackets on a court. — 11 sentences - [tenrec](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenrec/) — A small mammal from Madagascar that often looks like a hedgehog or a shrew; some kinds have spines. — 7 sentences - [tense](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tense/) — Nervous, worried and unable to relax (I felt tense before the test). — 13 sentences - [tension](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tension/) — Tension is a feeling of worry or nervousness, when people are stressed or not getting on. — 11 sentences - [tent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tent/) — A tent is a shelter made of cloth or nylon, held up by poles and ropes, that you put up when you go camping. — 11 sentences - [tentacle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tentacle/) — A tentacle is a long, bendy arm-like part on some animals, such as octopuses, squids and jellyfish, used for feeling, grabbing, moving or… — 9 sentences - [tenth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenth/) — Tenth comes after ninth in order: number 10. — 11 sentences - [tenure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenure/) — Tenure is the length of time someone holds an important job or position. — 11 sentences - [term](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/term/) — A term is one of the parts the school year is divided into, such as the autumn term. — 13 sentences - [terminable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminable/) — Terminable means able to be ended or stopped, especially a contract or agreement (formal, law). — 7 sentences - [terminal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminal/) — A terminal is a big building at an airport, bus station, train station or port where people start or end their journeys. — 11 sentences - [terminally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminally/) — Terminally ill means having an illness that cannot be cured and will lead to death. — 12 sentences - [terminate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminate/) — To terminate means to end something or to come to an end. — 13 sentences - [termination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termination/) — Termination is the ending of something, like a contract, a job or a service. — 10 sentences - [terminator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminator/) — A terminator is someone or something that ends or destroys something. — 10 sentences - [terminological](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminological/) — Terminological means to do with the special words (terms) used in a subject: a terminological question is about which word to use. — 7 sentences - [terminology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminology/) — Terminology is the set of special words and phrases used in a subject or job, like the terminology of science, football or music. — 7 sentences - [terminus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terminus/) — A terminus is the last stop or station at the end of a bus, train or tram route. — 8 sentences - [termite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/termite/) — A small, pale insect that lives in large groups called colonies, eats wood, and builds big nests or mounds. — 8 sentences - [terms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terms/) — Terms are the conditions or rules of an agreement: «the terms of the deal». — 12 sentences - [tern](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tern/) — A tern is a seabird like a small, slim gull, with long pointed wings, a forked tail and often a black cap, which dives into water to catch… — 8 sentences - [terrace](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrace/) — A terrace is a flat area next to a house, café or hotel where people can sit outside. — 11 sentences - [terracotta](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terracotta/) — Terracotta is a reddish-brown clay that has been baked hard, used for flowerpots, roof tiles and statues. — 10 sentences - [terrain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrain/) — A stretch of land, especially as to what it is like: hilly, rocky, flat, muddy or rough. — 10 sentences - [terrapin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrapin/) — A terrapin is a small water turtle that lives in ponds and rivers. — 4 sentences - [terrestrial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrestrial/) — Living on land or growing on land, not in water or the air. — 10 sentences - [terrible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrible/) — Terrible means very bad or unpleasant: a terrible storm, a terrible smell. — 12 sentences - [terribly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terribly/) — Terribly means very or extremely (informal). — 12 sentences - [terrier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrier/) — A small or medium-sized, lively dog first bred to hunt and dig out small animals such as rats, rabbits and foxes. — 9 sentences - [terrific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrific/) — Terrific means very great or very large; in everyday talk, wonderful. — 5 sentences - [terrified](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrified/) — Terrified means very, very frightened. — 10 sentences - [terrify](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrify/) — To terrify someone means to make them extremely frightened. — 11 sentences - [terrifying](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrifying/) — Terrifying means making you feel extremely frightened. — 9 sentences - [territorial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/territorial/) — Territorial means about land or an area that belongs to a country or person («territorial waters»). — 10 sentences - [territory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/territory/) — A territory is an area of land that belongs to or is ruled by a country or a ruler. — 12 sentences - [terror](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terror/) — Very great fear. — 13 sentences - [terrorise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrorise/) — To terrorise people is to frighten them very badly, again and again, often by threats or violence. — 8 sentences - [terrorist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/terrorist/) — A terrorist is a person who uses violence or threats against ordinary people, often by bombing or attacking, to frighten people and force… — 8 sentences - [test](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/test/) — A test is a set of questions that checks what you know. — 12 sentences - [testament](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/testament/) — The Old Testament and the New Testament are the two main parts of the Christian Bible: the Old Testament has the Hebrew scriptures, and th… — 11 sentences - [tester](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tester/) — A tester is a person whose job is to test things, like games, apps, food or cars, to find problems. — 11 sentences - [testify](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/testify/) — To testify is to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and on oath. — 5 sentences - [testimony](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/testimony/) — A formal statement of what someone saw or knows, given in a court of law. — 10 sentences - [testosterone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/testosterone/) — Testosterone is a hormone, a chemical messenger in the body. Men and boys have much more of it, but women and girls have some too. It help… — 9 sentences - [testudo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/testudo/) — A testudo was a Roman army formation: soldiers stood close together and held their shields in front of them and over their heads, like a t… — 8 sentences - [tet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tet/) — Tết (Tet) is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the most important festival in Vietnam, celebrated in late January or February with family vis… — 9 sentences - [tetanus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tetanus/) — Tetanus is a serious illness caused by germs that live in soil and dust and can get into the body through a cut or wound; it makes muscles… — 10 sentences - [tethered](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tethered/) — To tether an animal is to tie it with a rope or chain to a post or tree, so it can move only a short way. — 4 sentences - [tetra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tetra/) — A tetra is a small, often brightly coloured freshwater fish from South America or Africa, popular in home aquariums, such as the neon tetra. — 9 sentences - [texan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texan/) — A person from Texas, a big state in the south of the USA. — 8 sentences - [text](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/text/) — Text is written words, like the words in a book or on a screen. — 14 sentences - [textbook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textbook/) — A book used by pupils and students to study a subject. — 9 sentences - [textile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textile/) — A textile is any cloth or fabric that is woven, knitted or made from threads, such as cotton, wool or silk. — 9 sentences - [textual](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/textual/) — Textual means to do with a text, the actual written words of a book, poem or document. — 8 sentences - [texture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/texture/) — Texture is how something feels when you touch it, such as rough, smooth, bumpy or soft. — 12 sentences - [th](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/th/) — Not a full word: the two letters "t" and "h" that together make one sound, as in "the" or "think". — 9 sentences - [thai](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thai/) — Thai means from or about Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia whose capital is Bangkok. — 10 sentences - [than](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/than/) — Than is used when you compare two things: «taller than», «more than». — 18 sentences - [thank](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thank/) — To tell someone you are grateful for something they did or gave. — 15 sentences - [thankful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/) — Feeling glad and grateful that something good happened or something bad did not happen. — 8 sentences - [thankfully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankfully/) — In a way that shows you are glad or grateful. — 5 sentences - [thankfulness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankfulness/) — Thankfulness is the feeling of being grateful and glad for something good that you have or that someone has done for you. — 8 sentences - [thanks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanks/) — Thanks is a short, friendly way of saying «thank you». — 12 sentences - [thanksgiving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thanksgiving/) — Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA (in late autumn) and in Canada (in mid autumn) when families eat a big meal, often turkey, and give t… — 9 sentences - [that](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/that/) — That points to a thing that was named before or that is farther away: «that box over there». — 20 sentences - [thatch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thatch/) — Thatch is a roof covering made of straw, reeds or similar dried plants laid thickly. — 9 sentences - [thatcher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thatcher/) — A thatcher is a person whose job is to make roofs from straw, reeds or similar dry plants. — 8 sentences - [thaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thaw/) — To thaw is to melt: ice or snow thaws when it gets warmer. — 12 sentences - [the](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/the/) — The points to a thing you already know about or that has been named. — 19 sentences - [theatre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/theatre/) — A theatre is a building where people watch plays, musicals, dances or shows on a stage. — 13 sentences - [theatrical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/theatrical/) — Theatrical means about the theatre, plays and acting: a theatrical company, theatrical costumes. — 11 sentences - [theft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/theft/) — Theft is the crime of stealing, taking something that belongs to someone else without permission and without meaning to give it back. — 10 sentences - [them](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/them/) — Them means the people or things already spoken about, more than one. — 20 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/page/10/)