Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)A small amount; a little bit.

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

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    немно́гоnemnógo

  2. (US, dated, slang)A street boy; an urchin.

More definitions
  • a slight amount or degree of difference

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom showed up a tad late.

    Том з'явився з невеликим запізненням.

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  2. Tom felt a tad awkward around Mary.

    Том почувався трохи незручно біля Мері.

    ruТом чувствовал себя немного неловко рядом с Мэри.

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  3. Tom seems to be a tad confused.

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  4. I think Tom might be a tad jealous.

    ruДумаю, Том немного ревнует.

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  5. I feel it's a tad risky to do that.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
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a little bit:
Deutsch
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a little bit:

Origin

1877, ‘young or small child’, probably a shortened form of tadpole. The extended meaning ‘

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

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Forms

plural: tads
Singulartad
Pluraltads

regular

Synonyms

91 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Deriveda tad

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a tad risky
  • tad risky to
  • tad risky
  • was a tad

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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