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( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) the system of rules for the structure of a sentence

syn • the • siz • er / ' sineasaizar / noun [count]

( MUSIC ) an electronic musical instrument that can produce a lot of different sounds

syn • thet • ic / sin ' eetik / adjective

made by people, not natural

Nylon is a synthetic material, but wool is natural. -SYNONYM artificial

sy • ringe / sa ' rmd₃ /

noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a plastic or glass tube with a needle that is used for taking blood out of the body or putting drugs into the body

syr • up / ' sirap/ noun [ noncount ]

a thick, sweet liquid made by boiling sugar with water or fruit juice

pancakes with maple syrup

sys .tem Ф / 'sistsm/ noun [ count ]

a group of things or parts that work together the subway system

We have a new computer system at work.

a group of ideas or ways of doing something

What system of government do you have in your country?

sys • tem • at • ic / isista ' mretik / adjective

done in a careful and organized way

The police began a systematic search for the missing boy. ► sys • tem • at • i • cal • ly / isista mretikli / adverb

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T, t / ti / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural T's, t's / tiz / ) the twentieth letter of the English alphabet "Table" begins with a "T."

ta . Ые Ф / 'teibl / noun [ count ]

a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs a coffee table

a list of facts or numbers

There is a table of irregular verbs at the back of this dictionary.

ta • ble • cloth / ' teibikioe / noun [ count ]

a cloth that you put over a table when you have a meal

ta • ble • spoon / ' teiblspun / noun [ count ]

a large spoon that you use for serving or measuring food —Look at the picture at spoon .

( also ta . ble . spoon ful / ' teibl|spunful / ) the amount that a tablespoon holds

Add two tablespoons of sugar.

—Look at teaspoon .

tab • let / ' treblat / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) a small, hard piece of medicine that you swallow Take two of these tablets before every meal.

—SYNONYM pill

ta • ble ten • nis / ' teibl |tenas / noun

[ noncount ] another word for Ping-Pong™

tab • loid / ' trebloid / noun [ count ]

a newspaper with small pages, a lot of pictures, and short, simple articles

tack / trek / noun [ count ] another word for thumbtack

tack • le1 / ' trekl / verb

( tack . les , tack . ling , tack led )

to try to deal with a difficult problem or situation How should we tackle this problem?

( SPORTS ) to stop another player by pulling him down in a game of football

tack • le2 / ' trekl / noun [ count ]

( SPORTS ) the act of stopping another player by pulling him down in a game of football

tack • y / ' treki / adjective (tack i . er, tack . i . est)

( informal )

cheap and of bad quality a store selling tacky souvenirs

tact / trekt / noun [ noncount ]

knowing how and when to say things so that you do not hurt people

She handled the situation with great tact.

tact • ful / ' taktfl / adjective

careful not to say or do things that may make people unhappy or angry

That wasn't a very tactful thing to say! —ANTONYM tactless

► tact • ful • ly / ' taktfali / adverb He tactfully suggested I should lose some weight.

tac • tic / ' taktik / noun [ count ]

a method that you use to achieve something I don't think this tactic will work.

tact • less / ' taktlas / adjective

saying or doing things that may make people unhappy or angry

It was tactless of you to ask how old she was. —ANTONYM tactful ►tact • less • ly / ' taktlasli / adverb tad • pole / ' tadpoul / noun [ count ]