ut

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2
Words With Friends
3
Letters
2
Pronunciation
/ʊt/
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/ʊt/ · /ʌt/ · /ut/

Definition of ut

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Utah: a state of the United States.
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name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Utah: a state of the United States.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Uttarakhand: a state of India.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of University of Texas, Austin TX.
    “Weighing the risks and benefits of statins remains important because most patients are prescribed medication for the rest of their lives, said Dr. Amit Khera, a professor and director of the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Preventive Cardiology Program, who was not involved in the study.”
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Universal Time.

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable)Abbreviation of utility player.
  2. (India, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of union territory.
    “states and UTs”
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of ultrasonic testing.
  4. (dated)Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
    “Old Mantuam, old Mantuan. Who vnderſtandeth thee not, vt re ſol la mi fa: Vnder pardon sir, What are the contents? […]”
    “The French added si for the seventh, and the Italians changed ut to do. Modern music-books name the whole thirteen notes of the semi-tone scale, and expect the pupil to learn them all.”

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Etymology

From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Benedictine monk Paulus Deacon (8th c. CE).

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