Pronunciations (7)
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/ˈteɪbl̩/
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[ˈt(ʰ)eɪbɫ̩]
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[ˈtʰeɪb(ə)ɫ]
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[ˈtʰæɪbəɫ]
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- Australia
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[ˈtʰeːb(ə)ɫ]
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[ˈtɛːb(ə)ɫ]
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ˈteɪbəl
Noun
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
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There is a book on the table.
Set that dish on the table over there, please.
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He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. A flat tray which can be used as a table.
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Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. A supply of food or entertainment.
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The baron kept a fine table and often held large banquets.
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
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Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. A service of Holy Communion.
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Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
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Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into an inner and outer table.
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Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into an inner and outer table. The game of backgammon, or any of several related games.
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A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table.
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Alas poore Yorick […] VVhere be your Jibes now? Your Gambals? Your Songs? Your flaſhes of Merriment that were wont to ſet the Table on a Rore?
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The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table. The act of assembling to eat; a gathering to eat, especially at a restaurant.
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Time to come to table.
Join us at the table I booked at the restaurant.
A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table. The lineup of players at a given table.
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That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event.
A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table. A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
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A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table. A group of diners at a given table or tables.
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Table 9 wants another round of beers.
John always gets the best tips because he gets the best tables! It's not fair!
A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game; a meeting at a table. A session or sessions of negotiation or diplomacy; an opportunity or place for negotiations.
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under the table, on the table, turn the tables
We need to send someone to represent us at the bargaining table.
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Some real breakthroughs were made at the summit, but only far from the official diplomatic table.
He has remarkable skills and expertise to bring to the negotiating table.
A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents.
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table of contents, tide table
A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
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The table shows the prices.
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I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order … And there is also taxinomia a principle of classification and ordered tabulation. Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables … Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
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The children were practising multiplication tables.
Don’t you know your tables?
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Here is a table of natural logarithms.
A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents. A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
A two-dimensional presentation of data; an enumeration of data or contents. A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
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On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A tableland; a flat, elevated region.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A horizontal stratum of rock.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A flat length of bone.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A flat length of bone. The inner and outer plates that make up the cranium bones; the outer table and the inner table (vitreous table).
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A stringcourse; a band of horizontal molding or other decoration around a building.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. The quadrangle, a space between the heart line and head line.
Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A writing tablet.
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Any of various flat surfaces or items with a planar surface. A flat surface that supports the slab on which ink is rolled to manipulate its consistency.
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To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
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to table fines
To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
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'April 13 1638, Henry Wotton, letter to John Milton At Siena I was tabled in the house of one Alberto Scipioni
To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
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c. 1607, Francis Bacon, letter to Tobie Matthew tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation
To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
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In a raucous Commons, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, confirmed he had tabled a formal motion of confidence in the government, backed by other opposition leaders, which MPs would vote on on Wednesday.
To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
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The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
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To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
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To put on a table.
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1833 Thomas Carlyle, letter to his Mother, The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson [A]fter some clatter offered us a rent of five pounds for the right to shoot here, and even tabled the cash that moment, and would not pocket it again.
To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
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To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
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a set of data arranged in rows and columns
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see table 1
a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
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it was a sturdy table
a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
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I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant
flat tableland with steep edges
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the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water
a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
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he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks
food or meals in general
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she sets a fine table
room and board
Verb
hold back to a later time
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let's postpone the exam
arrange or enter in tabular form
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