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Definition: Tad |
TadNoun1. A slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Tad" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a heart". |
Date "tad" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TAD | Dutch | Delta-raket die verbeterd is door verhoging van de stuwkracht | Transportation |
TAD | English | Telephone and data | N/A |
TAD | French | Télécommande et acquisition de données | N/A |
TAD | Spanish | Telemando y adquisición de datos | Post & Telecom |
| TAD Timber | English | Tad(borassus flabellifer)Timber | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: TadSynonym: shade (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tad |
| English words defined with "tad": shade. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tad": constraint satisfaction. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tad" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Papago (foot), Turkish (Flavor, flavour, good taste, race, salt, savor, savour, taste), Welsh (father). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | So we backt-racked a tad! (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin) Well, I guess I had a tad too much punch (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Slaying is a tad more perilous than dating (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Yes, it's a tad early (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) I figured that if I changed it, he'd be a tad less dead (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tad (1995) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| "Stainless steel sculpture 2" by raznov Commentary: "2nd in the set. A tad blurry, but looks decent when reduced. Great for a background accent or texture." | "Night lights 2" by K.C. Hohensee Commentary: "The amazing outcome of the shutter staying open just a tad too long with a shaky hand at night. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Tad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.00% of the time. "Tad" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 86% | 43 | 52,181 |
| Noun (proper) | 14% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "tad" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tad | First name Male | 5,000 | 935 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Tad" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a heart". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Tad." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Thaddeus | Male | Biblical | N/A |
| Tad | Male | English | Thaddeus |
| Thad | Male | English | Thaddeus |
| Thaddeus | Male | English | N/A |
| Taddeo | Male | Italian | Thaddeus |
| Tadeusz | Male | Polish | Thaddeus |
| Tadeu | Male | Portuguese | Thaddeus |
| Faddei | Male | Russian | Thaddeus |
| Tadej | Male | Slovene | Thaddeus |
| Tadeo | Male | Spanish | Thaddeus |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "tad": a tad. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tad | 190 | product tad | 6 |
tad williams | 51 | tad moore putter | 5 |
gear tad | 26 | coffin tad | 5 |
pole tad | 23 | energy tad | 5 |
gormley stadium tad | 22 | home page tad | 4 |
tad technical | 21 | gormley tad | 4 |
date hamilton tad win | 16 | tad cue | 4 |
tad moore | 12 | tad wv | 4 |
services tad technical | 12 | adecco tad | 4 |
dixie fan fiction tad | 10 | doyle tad | 4 |
tad morose | 9 | tad west virginia | 3 |
tad friend | 9 | m8 tad | 3 |
tad james | 8 | staffing tad | 3 |
holbie tad | 7 | otherland tad williams | 3 |
metal tad | 7 | dixie tad | 3 |
corp product tad | 7 | moore tad wedge | 3 |
tad lincoln | 7 | coffin saddle tad | 3 |
baby tad | 6 | dunlop moore tad | 3 |
4001 tad | 6 | tad moore golf | 3 |
tad telecom | 6 | corp services tad technical | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fëmijë (bairn, child, chit, infant, kid, little one, moppet, progeny, youngster). (various references) | |
Arabic | طفل (bairn, chick, child, chit, clay, infant, kid, lad, nipper, paederast, pederast, small boy, squirt, tot, tyke, young), صبي (boy, gamin, guy, lad, sapling, shaver, son). (various references) | |
Dutch | kikkervisje (tadpole, tad-pole). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ranido (tadpole, tad-pole). (various references) | |
French | mioche, gamin. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ילדון (mite, tyke). (various references) | |
Hungarian | srác (bucko, gutter-snipe, kiddy, mere slip of a boy, shaver, urchin), poronty (brat, spawn), kis kölyök. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tad-pólo (tad-pole). (various references) | |
Russian | ребенок (baby, bairn, brat, child, infant, kid, kiddy, moppet, papoose, toddler, weanling). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | detence (piccaninny, pickaninny). (various references) | |
Spanish | ni~no,nene. (various references) | |
Swedish | helt litet (a tad). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tad": tadpole, tadpoles, tads. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tad": heptad, octad, pentad. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tad": amantadine, amantadines, butadiene, butadienes, catadioptric, catadromous, citadel, citadels, conquistador, conquistadores, conquistadors, croustade, croustades, cyproheptadine, cyproheptadines, heptads, interstadial, interstadials, matador, matadors, montadale, montadales, mortadella, mortadellas, octadic, octads, outadd, outadded, outadding, outadds, pentads, pintada, pintadas, pintado, pintadoes, pintados, polybutadiene, polybutadienes, postadolescent, postadolescents, rhodomontade, rhodomontades, rodomontade, rodomontades, staddle, staddles, stade, stades, stadia, stadias, stadium. (additional references) | |
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"Tad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ataud, Atd, etad, gtad, Ltda, Ntda, tada, tadd, tade, tado, tady, tadz, taf, taid, taj, tald, tand, taq, tard, taud, taudy, tav, tawd, tbd, tdd, tedi, tewd, thad, tiad, tido, tiv, tlade, tnd, todi, todt, traad, trd, tsade, tud, Tvad, twad, twd, Tydd, tzand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tad" (pronounced ta"d) |
| 2 | -a" d | ad, add, bad, Brad, cad, Chad, clad, dad, lad, mad, fad, forbad, gad, glad, grad, had, pad, plaid, rad, sad, Scad, shad. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-t" | |
-1 letter: ad, at, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-t" | |
+1 letter: adit, daft, dart, data, date, dato, daut, dawt, dita, doat, drat, tads, toad, trad. | |
+2 letters: acted, adapt, adept, adits, admit, adopt, adult, adust, adyta, anted, audit, bated, cadet, darts, dated, dater, dates, datos, datto, datum, daunt, dauts, davit, dawts, dealt, death, defat, delta, derat, dicta, ditas, doats, dotal, draft, drats, ducat, fated, gated, hadst, hated, lated, mated, octad, pated, rated, sated, stade, staid, stand, stead, tabid, tamed, taped, tardo, tardy, tared, tawed, taxed, tidal, toads, toady, today, trade, tread, triad, tsade, tsadi. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Frequency 10. Names: Derived from 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Abbreviations 15. Acronyms 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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