Tk

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of transitional kindergarten. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of to come (used as a placeholder for information to be filled in before publication). abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

    "Philip Ng joined SC from Citibank's Hong Kong branch TK years ago."

  2. 2
    A placeholder used before publication for information that is not yet available but will be filled in before publication. not-comparable

Synonyms

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about to beadvancingalready in sightapproachingapproximateapproximative

Example

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"Which airline will you be flying with? I will be flying with Turkish Airlines on flight TK 8 departing at 22:30."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Phonetic initialism, with "TK" chosen over "TC" because scarcely any English words contain the sequence "tk," making it easily searchable.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of to come. C is replaced with K because -tk- occurs much less often in English than -tc-, making it easier to search for in a text.

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