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# ti

noun (ti, also spelled te — a music note); fragment

«ti» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ti (also te) is the seventh note in the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#m1)
2. Ti is also the name of a plant (the cabbage tree) in New Zealand and the Pacific. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#m2)
3. As a fragment, «ti» often comes from a longer word cut in the middle, or from «Ti», the chemistry symbol for titanium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons, children sing the scale «do re mi fa so la ti do»; ti is just below the top do. In the song from «The Sound of Music» it is «tea, a drink with jam and bread». In chemistry, Ti stands for the metal titanium.

### Examples

- Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x1)
- Ti is the note right before the high do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x2)
- In the song, «ti» sounds like «tea». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x3)
- The symbol Ti on the periodic table means titanium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x4)
- We sang ti a bit too low and the teacher laughed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x5)
- A ti tree, or cabbage tree, grows in New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/#x6)

### Note

Sounds like «tee». Not a common English word on its own. In the UK it is often spelled «te». Do not confuse with «tea» or «tee» (a golf peg), which sound the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ti» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ti/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ti» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ti.html) on Mova free.