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tass

1

[ tas ]

noun

Chiefly Scot.
  1. a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
  2. the contents of a cup or goblet; a small draught, as of liquor.


Tass

2
or TASS

[ tas, tahs ]

noun

  1. a news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency).

Tass

1

/ ³Ùæ²õ /

noun

  1. (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tass

2

/ ³Ùæ²õ; ˈ³Ùæ²õɪ /

noun

  1. a cup, goblet, or glass
  2. the contents of such a vessel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tass1

1475–85; earlier tasse < Middle French < Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin < Persian tasht; tazza

Origin of tass2

< Russian, acronym from T ( ±ð±ô±ð²µ°ùá´Ú²Ô´Ç±ð ) a ( ²µÃ©²Ô²õ³Ù±¹´Ç ) S ( ´Ç±¹Ã©³Ù²õ°ì´Ç²µ´Ç ) S ( ´Ç²âú³ú²¹ ) Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tass1

T ( elegrafnoye ) A ( genstvo ) S ( ovetskovo ) S ( oyuza ) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union

Origin of tass2

C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast
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A Russian official said that two others who died were children, according to Tass, Russia's state-owned news agency.

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said a European force in Ukraine would risk a "direct clash between Russia and Nato", state-owned news agency Tass reports.

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After taking control of press access to the president earlier this week, the White House allowed a reporter from TASS, a Russian news agency, to join other reporters in the Oval Office as Trump and Zelensky met on Friday.

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Russian news agency Tass reported that two of the people on board the American Airlines flight were former figure skaters Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova.

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Legendary Soviet Union figure skater Inna Volyanskaya was also named by Tass as one of the passengers on the flight.

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