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TK en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of to come (used as a placeholder for information to be filled in before publication).
   alt of to come
   • Philip Ng joined SC from Citibank's Hong Kong branch TK years ago. 1993, Wall Street & Technology, volume 11, page 244:
   • [Q:] Will next week's summit lead to peace between the United States and North Korea? [A:] TK. 2018 June 2, Avi Selk, “Everything you need to know about Trump’s big envelope from Kim Jong Un and the hope for world peace”, in The Washington Post:

TK en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of transitional kindergarten.
   alt of transitional kindergarten