TD
Translingual
English
Noun
TD (countable and uncountable, plural TDs)
- (American football, Canadian football) Abbreviation of touchdown.
- (neurology) Initialism of tardive dyskinesia.
- (travel) Initialism of ticket designator.
- (video games) Initialism of tower defense.
- (handbells) Initialism of thumb damp.
- (Irish politics) Initialism of Teachta Dála, a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
- 2023 August 1, “Accenture cuts 890 more job from Irish operation”, in The Irish Times, page 1:
- Fianna Fáil TD Jim O'Callaghan, whose Dublin constituency is home to one of Accenture's office here, said: […]
- (military) Initialism of Territorial Decoration (previously awarded to officers who had more than 12 years commissioned service in the Territorial Army (UK)).
- Initialism of traveler's diarrhea.
- Initialism of typically developed.
- (machine learning) Initialism of temporal difference.
Usage notes
- (Teachta Dála): In English the abbreviation TD is normally used, with TDs as the plural (the full form of which in Irish is Teachtaí Dála). The letters follow the name of the member when used as a title, e.g. Mr Bertie Ahern TD.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te.de/
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Irish
Noun
TD m
- Abbreviation of Teachta Dála, a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Short form of trippel-dobbel (“triple-double”), which is borrowed from English triple double, an international basketball term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teːdeː/, /ˈtrɪpːəl.dɔbːəl/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -əl
- Hyphenation: T‧D
- Homophone: trippel-dobbel
Coordinate terms
- (basketball): DD (dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”))
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