RT

See also: rt, rt., and R/T

Translingual

Noun

RT

  1. (in combination, usually with numbers) Ribotype
    • 2011 January 5, E De Boer, A Zwartkruis-Nahuis, AE Heuvelink, Celine Harmanus, Ed J.Kuijper., “Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retailed meat in The Netherlands”, in International Journal of Food Microbiology, volume 144, number 3 (in English), pages 561–564:
      Strains of RT 027 were not found in our study. Another recent emerging strain belonging to RT 078 has been found in animals and humans in the United States and in Canada.

References

English

Proper noun

RT

  1. Initialism of Russia Today, an international news network.
    • 2024 September, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AF ANASYEV A, a/k/a "Lena,"”, in UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK[1], page 1:
      Over at least the past year, RT and its employees, including KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AFANASYEVA, a/k/a "Lena," the defendants, have deployed nearly $10 million, laundered through a network of foreign shell entities, to covertly fund and direct U.S. Company-1.

Noun

RT (countable and uncountable, plural RTs)

  1. (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of right tackle.
  2. (knitting) Initialism of right twist.
  3. (Internet) Initialism of retweet.
  4. (sciences) Initialism of response time.
  5. Alternative form of R/T.
  6. Initialism of resistance training.
  7. (medicine) Initialism of respiratory therapy.
  8. (medicine) Initialism of respiratory therapy technician / respiratory technician / respiratory therapist.
  9. (medicine) Initialism of radiology technologist / radiology technician.
  10. (medicine) Initialism of radiotherapy.
  11. (transport) Initialism of road test.
  12. A bus formerly manufactured by the Associated Equipment Company, mostly for use in London.
  13. Initialism of reaction time.
  14. Symbol for refrigeration tons.
    Synonyms: TR, ToR

Adjective

RT (not comparable)

  1. (computing) Initialism of real-time.

Derived terms

Verb

RT (third-person singular simple present RTs, present participle RTing, simple past and past participle RTed)

  1. Initialism of retweet.
    • 2011 May 2, Chagney Hunt [username], “Ryan Babel”, in rec.sport.soccer[2] (Usenet):
      "I see lots of Osama pics floating on twitter, aint gonna RT any of dem though .. Don't wanna get fined by terrorist"

Anagrams

Chinese

Pronunciation


Verb

RT

  1. (Internet slang) alternative form of 如題 / 如题 (rútí, (content placeholder) to be as titled)

Indonesian

Noun

RT (plural RT-RT)

  1. initialism of rukun tetangga

See also

Japanese

Etymology

From English RT.

Noun

RT(リツイート) • (ritsuīto

  1. abbreviation of リツイート (ritsuīto, retweet)

Verb

RT(リツイート)する • (ritsuīto surusuru (stem RT(リツイート) (ritsuīto shi), past RT(リツイート)した (ritsuīto shita))

  1. abbreviation of リツイート (ritsuīto, to retweet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "RTする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") RTし リツイートし ritsuīto shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") RTし リツイートし ritsuīto shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") RTする リツイートする ritsuīto suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") RTする リツイートする ritsuīto suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") RTすれ リツイートすれ ritsuīto sure
Meireikei ("imperative") RTせよ¹
RTしろ²
リツイートせよ¹
リツイートしろ²
ritsuīto seyo¹
ritsuīto shiro²
Key constructions
Passive RTされる リツイートされる ritsuīto sareru
Causative RTさせる
RTさす
リツイートさせる
リツイートさす
ritsuīto saseru
ritsuīto sasu
Potential RTできる リツイートできる ritsuīto dekiru
Volitional RTしよう リツイートしよう ritsuīto shiyō
Negative RTしない リツイートしない ritsuīto shinai
Negative continuative RTせず リツイートせず ritsuīto sezu
Formal RTします リツイートします ritsuīto shimasu
Perfective RTした リツイートした ritsuīto shita
Conjunctive RTして リツイートして ritsuīto shite
Hypothetical conditional RTすれば リツイートすれば ritsuīto sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative