Meaning

14 senses

  1. A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.

    A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.

    I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?

    Ticket, Karte, Eintrittskarte

    биле́тbilét

    квито́кkvytók, біле́тbilét

  2. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.

    train ticket bus ticket plane ticket

    You must show your ticket to the conductor.

    Fahrkarte, Fahrschein, Ticket

    биле́тbilét

    квито́кkvytók, біле́тbilét

  3. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.

    лице́нзияlicénzija, разреше́ниеrazrešénije

  4. A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.

    lottery ticket raffle ticket

    If I'd used my usual numbers, it would've been a winning ticket! Unlucky!

  5. A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.

  6. (figuratively)A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.

    That's the ticket.

    I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.

  7. A citation for a traffic violation.

    Strafzettel, Ticket

    квита́нцияkvitáncija, купо́нkupón

  8. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.

    Ticket, Vorgang

  9. (informal)A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.

    Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections.

    Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket.

    a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

  10. (dated)A small note or notice.

  11. (dated)A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).

  12. A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.

Examples

1732 sentences

  1. Where can I buy a ticket?

    Де я можу купити квиток?

    ruГде я могу купить билет?

    deWo kann ich ein Ticket kaufen?

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  2. I bought a round-trip ticket.

    Я купив квиток туди і назад.

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  3. Do you have any tickets left?

    У вас лишилися ще якісь квитки?

    deHaben Sie noch Tickets?

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  4. Our uncle bought us movie tickets.

    Наш дядько купив нам квитки в кіно.

    ruНаш дядя купил нам билеты в кино.

    deUnser Onkel hat uns Kinokarten gekauft.

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  5. I couldn't get the tickets yesterday.

    Я не зміг купити квитки вчора.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
admission to entertainment:
Русский
By meaning 3
admission to entertainment:
permit to operate machine:
traffic citation:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
admission to entertainment:
pass for transportation:
traffic citation:
service request:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and e

Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.

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Forms

plural: tickets
Singularticket
Pluraltickets

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
licenseA2
Close in meaning
  • the appropriate or desirable thing:just the ticket
  • a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices:slate
  • a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.:tag

Word family

82 related words
Derivedairline ticketairplane ticketair ticketall-ticketbeer ticketbig-ticketbig ticketbig-ticket itemblue ticketboiler ticketbread ticketcommutation ticketcross-border ticketdown-tickete-ticketexit ticketflight ticketgolden tickethard-tickethigh-tickethot ticketkangaroo ticketlottery ticketmeal ticket

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • buy a ticket
  • a ticket for
  • round trip ticket
  • bought the tickets
  • tickets are available
  • lottery tickets
  • get a ticket
  • for the tickets
  • ticket is valid
  • a lottery ticket
  • buy tickets
  • have a ticket

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tictickB1tickleB2
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