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ct | et |

As an abbreviation CT

is connecticut, a state of the United States of America.

As a noun CT

is initialism of Central Time|lang=en.

As a conjunction et is

and.

As a verb et is

past tense of eat.

ct

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • Connecticut, a state of the United States of America.
  • Noun

    (en-initialism)
  • (medicine)
  • (medicine) short form of CT scan
  • Synonyms

    (computed tomography) * computed tomography * computed axial tomography * CAT (CT scan) * CAT scan * computed tomography scan * computed axial tomography scan

    Derived terms

    (Central Time) * CDT * CST (computed tomography) * CT scan

    See also

    * (projectlink)

    Anagrams

    *

    et

    English

    (wikipedia et)

    Etymology 1

    From French

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) and
  • See also
    * , et alia, et aliae, et alii, et alios * et alibi * *

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (colloquial, or, dialectal) (eat)
  • * 1896: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Tom Sawyer, Detective [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=text&offset=638956722&textreg=2&query=+he+et&id=TwaDete]
  • Well, the man was astonished, of course; and first off he looked like he didn't know whether to be scared, or glad, or both, or which, but finally he settled down to being glad; and then his color come back, though at first his face had turned pretty white. So we got to talking together while he et his breakfast.
  • * 1907: O. Henry, Seats of the Haughty [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seats_of_the_Haughty]
  • 'Boss,' says the cabby, 'I et a steak in that restaurant once. If you're real hungry, I advise you to try the saddle-shops first.'
  • * 1919: Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Long-Distance Call From Jim
  • Well, I don't care if he does! I can remember the time when he et a good old-fashioned supper. And it's awful silly to call it dinner. 'Breakfast, dinner and supper, created He them.' I believe I could find them very words in the Bible if I set out to hunt.
  • * 1937 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit :
  • Yer can't expect folk to stop here for ever just to be et by you and Bert.
  • * 18 February 1946 , Life'' magazine:
  • It must have been somethin’ I et !
  • * 1996 , Dana Lyons, "Cows with Guns":
  • They eat to grow, grow to die / Die to be et at the hamburger fry
  • * 2001 , Richard Williams, The Animator's Survival Kit , page 220:
  • Something I et ?