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tass

tass
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tas]
    • /tæs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tas]
    • /tæs/

Definitions of tass word

  • noun tass a news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency). 1
  • noun Definition of tass in Technology Template ASSembly language. Intermediate language produced by the Manchester SISAL compiler. 1
  • noun tass a cup, goblet, or glass 0
  • noun tass the contents of such a vessel 0
  • noun tass (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass 0
  • noun tass a Soviet news agency 0

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Origin of tass

First appearance:

before 1475
One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; earlier tasse < Middle French < Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin < Persian tasht; see tazza

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tass

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tass popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

tass usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for tass

noun tass

  • ap — son of: occurring as part of some surnames of Welsh origin
  • newswire — a service transmitted especially by teletypewriter and providing late-breaking news stories, stock-market results, or other up-to-the-minute information: We took the story off the newswires.

Top questions with tass

  • what is tass?

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