TBA
- 1Initialism of to be announced.
The venue for the finals remains TBA until tickets go on sale.
Organizers marked the headline act as TBA in the schedule.
Note
A placeholder that works like an adjective after be or a label: the venue is TBA, the act is marked TBA. Underneath sits the infinitive of obligation, so the letters point at something still to happen. The same three letters also expand as to be arranged, to be advised and several more. Where the difference matters, only the surrounding context tells a reader which is meant.
- 2Initialism of to be arranged.
Class times for the seminar are TBA until enrollment closes.
The course schedule lists several lab sections as TBA.
- 3Initialism of to be advised.
The exact charges remain TBA pending a full quote.
Passengers were told the new departure time was TBA.
- 4Initialism of to be assigned.
Case numbers remain TBA until the files are logged.
The roster shows three shifts still marked TBA.
- 5Initialism of to be assessed.
The full repair cost is TBA pending an inspection.
Patient risk levels were marked TBA on intake.
- 6Initialism of to be answered.
Many of the survey items remain TBA at this stage.
The committee left two queries marked TBA.
- 7Initialism of to be aired.
The documentary's broadcast date is TBA for now.
Several pilot episodes were listed as TBA.
- 8Initialism of to be added.
Several chapters are TBA in the draft outline.
The menu shows two dishes still marked TBA.
- 9Initialism of tert-butyl alcohol.
The technician measured out TBA for the reaction.
TBA evaporates quickly at room temperature.
Note
Chemists' shorthand, in which the tert of the full name is a clipping of tertiary, so the same compound also goes by tertiary butyl. As the name of a substance it usually takes no article, like water or ethanol: a technician measures out TBA, and TBA evaporates quickly.
- 10Initialism of traditional birth attendant.
In rural areas, a TBA often assists during childbirth.
Health programs train each TBA to spot danger signs.
Note
In medicine and public health the letters name a person, not a condition, so they take an article and a plural: a TBA, several TBAs. The full title stresses where the skill comes from, which is experience and a community's own traditions of maternity care. That is why health programs speak of training each TBA rather than replacing one.
- 11Initialism of tracheobronchial amyloidosis.
A bronchoscopy revealed signs of TBA.
TBA is diagnosed far less often than asthma.
Note
The full name is built on tracheobronchial, which takes in the trachea and the bronchi together, so the condition is located along both parts of the airway. Like most disease names, the abbreviation usually stands without an article: a scan shows signs of TBA, and TBA is diagnosed less often than asthma.
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