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# ti

«ti» in Mova's school dictionary: **the seventh note in the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ti, also spelled te — a music note); fragment

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ti (also te) is the seventh note in the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#m1)

2) Ti is also the name of a plant (the cabbage tree) in New Zealand and the Pacific. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#m2)

3) As a fragment, «ti» often comes from a longer word cut in the middle, or from «Ti», the chemistry symbol for titanium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, children sing the scale «do re mi fa so la ti do»; ti is just below the top do. In the song from «The Sound of Music» it is «tea, a drink with jam and bread». In chemistry, Ti stands for the metal titanium.

### examples

- Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x1)
- Ti is the note right before the high do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x2)
- In the song, «ti» sounds like «tea». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x3)
- The symbol Ti on the periodic table means titanium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x4)
- We sang ti a bit too low and the teacher laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x5)
- A ti tree, or cabbage tree, grows in New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x6)

### note

Sounds like «tee». Not a common English word on its own. In the UK it is often spelled «te». Do not confuse with «tea» or «tee» (a golf peg), which sound the same.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ti» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.