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Ut

//ʊt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Utah: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Uttarakhand: a state of India. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Initialism of University of Texas, Austin TX. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Weighing the risks and benefits of statins remains important because most patients are prescribed medication for the rest of their lives, said Dr. Amit Khera, a professor and director of the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Preventive Cardiology Program, who was not involved in the study."

  4. 4
    Initialism of Universal Time. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of utility player. abbreviation, alt-of, countable
  2. 2
    Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale. dated

    "Old Mantuam, old Mantuan. Who vnderſtandeth thee not, vt re ſol la mi fa: Vnder pardon sir, What are the contents? […]"

  3. 3
    the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization wordnet
  4. 4
    Initialism of union territory. India, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "states and UTs"

  5. 5
    the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere wordnet
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  1. 6
    Initialism of ultrasonic testing. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Benedictine monk Paulus Deacon (8th c. CE).

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