tad

CEFRB2

/tæd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small amount or degree.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.

Examples

  • My coffee needs just a tad more sugar.

  • One day in 1906, a newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorgan went to a baseball game.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A street boy; an urchin.

  2. A small amount; a little bit.

More examples

In context

  • Could you lean the picture to the left just a tad more?

  • There's a new pub opening in Tad next week.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘small amount’ is first recorded 1915.