OT

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"

English

Noun

OT (countable and uncountable, plural OTs)

1. (sports) Initialism of overtime.
2. (healthcare) Initialism of occupational therapist.
   • 2016 June 30, Kate Murray, “How occupational therapists help keep older people out of hospital”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Occupational therapists (OTs), with their skills in promoting greater mobility, are a key ingredient in this multidisciplinary, more proactive approach. […] In many areas, similar thinking is driving new work on integrating healthcare professionals, including OTs, to maximise resources and to improve patient care.

3. (healthcare) Initialism of occupational therapy.
4. (informatics) Initialism of operational technology.
5. (linguistics) Initialism of optimality theory.
6. (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of offensive tackle.
7. Initialism of operating theatre.

Derived terms

• (informatics): IT/OT

overtime

• 1OT
• 2OT
• 3OT
• 4OT
• 5OT
• 6OT

 

Proper noun

OT

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Initialism of Old Testament.

   Coordinate term: NT

2. (Scientology) Initialism of Operating Thetan.

Adjective

OT (comparative more OT, superlative most OT)

1. (Internet) off-topic

Prepositional phrase

OT

1. (UK, slang) Initialism of out of town.
   • 2024, “Entrapreneur”, performed by Central Cee:

     Unbankin' packs and touches faeces, I was OT, you would find it gross

Anagrams

• T.O., TO, To, to, to-

Chinese

Etymology

From an initialism of English overtime.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ ti¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou¹ ti¹
    • Yale: ōu tī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ ti¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ ti¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ tʰiː⁵⁵/

Verb

OT

1. (Cantonese) to work overtime

Derived terms

• 開OT／开OT

 

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Romanian

Proper noun

OT

1. Abbreviation of Olt, a county in Romania.