tee

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From Latin te, the name of the letter T.

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Singular
tee

Plural
tees

tee (plural tees)

  1. The name of the letter T. Found in compounds such as teevee.
  2. Something shaped like the letter T. Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.
    angles and tees
  3. T-shirt
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First attested in the 17th century with the form lang-en.

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Singular
tee

Plural
tees

tee (plural tees)

  1. (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole
  2. (golf) A wooden or plastic peg from which a golf ball is hit on the first shot on a golf hole
  3. (curling) The target area of a curling rink
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Infinitive
to tee

Third person singular
tees

Simple past
teed

Past participle
teed

Present participle
teeing

to tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)

  1. (golf) To place a ball on a tee
    • 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf[1]:
      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.
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tee (genitive singular tee)

  1. road, way

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tee (genitive singular tee)

  1. tea

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tee

  1. Second-person singular imperative present form of tegema.

[edit] Finnish

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  • IPA: ['teː]
  • Hyphenation: tee

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tee

  1. (uncountable) tea
  2. (countable) one cup of tea
  3. Any hot drink made by soaking dried (usually) or fresh leaves of plants in hot water.
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  • IPA: ['teː]
  • Hyphenation: tee

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tee

  1. The letter T, t.
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Inflected form of tehdä.

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  • IPA: ['teː(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: tee

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tee

  1. Indicative present connegative form of tehdä.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of tehdä.
    • Tee!
      • Do!
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of tehdä.