OT

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"

English

Noun

OT (countable and uncountable, plural OTs)

1. (sports) Initialism of overtime.
2. Initialism of occupational therapist.
3. Initialism of occupational therapy.
4. (American football, Canadian football) Abbreviation of offensive tackle.
5. (linguistics) Abbreviation of optimality theory.

Proper noun

OT

1. (biblical) Old Testament

Adjective

OT (comparative more OT, superlative most OT)

1. (Internet) off-topic

Anagrams

• T.O., TO, to, to-

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Chinese

Etymology

From an initialism of English overtime.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ ti¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou¹ ti¹
    • Yale: ōu tī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ ti¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ ti¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ tʰiː⁵⁵/

Verb

OT

1. (Cantonese) to work overtime