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See Table Image:Table.png|thumb|right|A table (furniture). Image:Arabischesalphabet.svg|thumb|right|A table (3) of characters in the Arabic alphabet.

English

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Pronunciation


Etymology

From table#French|table, from tabula (tablet).

Noun

  1. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
  2. A flat tray which can be used as a table.
  3. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
  4. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
  5. : The children were practising multiplication tables.
  6. : Don’t you know your tables?
  7. : Here is a table of natural logarithms.
  1. A lookup table, most often a vector.
  2. The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
  3. One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.


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Translations

  • Albanian: tryezë
  • Arabic: ,
  • Bosnian: {{t-|bs|stol|m}}, {{t-|bs|sto|m}}
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|маса|f|tr=masa|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Catalan: taula
  • Chinese: 桌子 (zhuōzi)
  • Croatian: {{t+|hr|stol|m}}
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|stůl|m}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|bord|n}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|tafel|f}}
  • Esperanto: {{t+|eo|tablo|xs=Esperanto}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|table|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Tisch|m}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|τραπέζι|n|tr=trapézi|sc=Grek}}
  • Hebrew: {{t+|he|שולחן|m|tr=šulkhán|sc=Hebr}}
  • Hindi: मेज़ (mez)
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: {{t+|is|borð|n}}
  • Indonesian: {{t+|id|meja|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Irish: bord , tábla
  • Italian: {{t+|it|tavola|f}}, {{t+|it|tavolo|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|机|tr=tsukue|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|テーブル|tr=tēburu|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 테이블 (teibeul)
  • Kurdish: , ,
  • Lao: (to')
  • Latin: {{t+|la|mensa|f}}
  • Latvian: {{t-|lv|galds|m|xs=Latvian}}
  • Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|stalas|m|xs=Lithuanian}}
  • Malay: {{t-|ms|meja|xs=Malay}}
  • Malayalam: (mesha)
  • Maltese: {{t-|mt|mejda|f|xs=Maltese}}
  • Mongolian: ширээ (širêê)
  • Norwegian: {{t+|no|bord|n}}
  • Persian: (miz)
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|stół|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mesa|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t+|ro|masă|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|стол|m|tr=stol|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Sardinian: mesa
  • Scottish Gaelic: bòrd , clàr
  • Serbian:
  • : Cyrillic: стол , сто , астал
  • : Roman: stol , sto , astal
  • Slovak: {{t-|sk|stôl|m}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|miza|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|mesa|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|bord|n}}
  • Telugu: బల్ల (balla)
  • Turkish:
  • Urdu: (mez)
  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|таблица|f|tr=tablítsa|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|tabulka|f}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|tabel|c}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|tabel|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|tableau|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Tabelle|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|πίνακας|m|sc=Grek}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|表|tr=hyō|sc=Jpan}}
  • Latvian: {{t-|lv|tabula|f|xs=Latvian}}
  • Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|lentelė|f|xs=Lithuanian}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|配列|tr=hairetsu|sc=Jpan}}

Verb

  1. To put on a table.
  2. In the Context of To propose for discussion (from to put on the table)
  3. : The legislature tabled the amendment, so we will start discussing it now.
  4. To delay, or permanently postpone a motion before a meeting.
  5. : The motion was tabled ensuring that it would not be taken until a later date.
  6. To hold back to a later time; to postpone.
  7. : The legislature tabled the amendment, so we will not be discussing it until later.
  8. To tabulate; to put into a table.


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  • Japanese: {{t|ja|議題にする|tr=gidai ni suru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|議題に上げる|tr=gidai ni ageru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Spanish: traer a discusión
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|棚上げにする|tr=tanaage ni suru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|棚上げにする|tr=tanaage ni suru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|表に書く|tr=hyō ni kaku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Spanish:

See also

Category:1000 English basic words Category:Commonwealth English Category:Contranyms Category:English words with different meanings in different locations

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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-table.ogg


Noun

  1. Table .
  2. The flat surface atop various objects.
  3. The flat part of a cut or carved object.
  4. Table of a stringed instrument.
  5. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
  6. A systematic list of content.


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Verb

table


Category:French verb forms Category:Furniture

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Platen \Plat"en\, n. [F. platine, fr. plat flat. See Plate,
and cf. Platin.] (Mach.)
(a) The part of a printing press which presses the paper
against the type and by which the impression is made.
(b) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the
paper rests to receive an impression.
(c) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on
which the work is fastened, and presented to the action
of the tool; -- also called table.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Table \Ta"ble\ (t[=a]"'l), n. [F., fr. L. tabula a board,
tablet, a painting. Cf. Tabular, Taffrail, Tavern.]
1. A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin,
flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.
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A bagnio paved with fair tables of marble. --Sandys.
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2. A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other
material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or
painted; a tablet; pl. a memorandum book. "The names . . .
written on his tables." --Chaucer.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and I will write upon
these tables the words that were in the first
tables, which thou brakest. --Ex. xxxiv.
1.
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And stand there with your tables to glean
The golden sentences. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a
drawing, or the like, may be produced. "Painted in a table
plain." --Spenser.
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The opposite walls are painted by Rubens, which,
with that other of the Infanta taking leave of Don
Philip, is a most incomparable table. --Evelyn.
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St. Antony has a table that hangs up to him from a
poor peasant. --Addison.
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4. Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed
statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single
view; a methodical or systematic synopsis; the
presentation of many items or particulars in one group; a
scheme; a schedule. Specifically:
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(a) (Bibliog.) A view of the contents of a work; a
statement of the principal topics discussed; an index;
a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents.
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(b) (Chem.) A list of substances and their properties;
especially, the a list of the elementary substances
with their atomic weights, densities, symbols, etc.;
the periodic table of the elements.
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(c) (Mathematics, Science and Technology) Any collection
and arrangement in a condensed form of many
particulars or values, for ready reference, as of
weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.;
also, a series of numbers following some law, and
expressing particular values corresponding to certain
other numbers on which they depend, and by means of
which they are taken out for use in computations; as,
tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes,
etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical
tables; a table of logarithms, etc.
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(d) (Palmistry) The arrangement or disposition of the
lines which appear on the inside of the hand.
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Mistress of a fairer table
Hath not history for fable. --B. Jonson.
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5. An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,
or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally
on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in
eating, writing, or working.
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We may again
Give to our tables meat. --Shak.
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The nymph the table spread. --Pope.
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6. Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of; fare;
entertainment; as, to set a good table.
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7. The company assembled round a table.
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I drink the general joy of the whole table. --Shak.
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8. (Anat.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of
compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the
cranium.
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9. (Arch.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a
band of stone, or the like, set where an offset is
required, so as to make it decorative. See Water table.
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10. (Games)
(a) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon
and draughts are played.
(b) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to
play into the right-hand table.
(c) pl. The games of backgammon and of draughts. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice,
That, when he plays at tables, chides the dice.
--Shak.
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11. (Glass Manuf.) A circular plate of crown glass.
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A circular plate or table of about five feet
diameter weighs on an average nine pounds. --Ure.
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12. (Jewelry) The upper flat surface of a diamond or other
precious stone, the sides of which are cut in angles.
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13. (Persp.) A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also {perspective
plane}.
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14. (Mach.) The part of a machine tool on which the work
rests and is fastened.
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Bench table, Card table, Communion table, {Lord's
table}, etc. See under Bench, Card, etc.

Raised table (Arch. & Sculp.), a raised or projecting
member of a flat surface, large in proportion to the
projection, and usually rectangular, -- especially
intended to receive an inscription or the like.

Roller table (Horology), a flat disk on the arbor of the
balance of a watch, holding the jewel which rolls in and
out of the fork at the end of the lever of the escapement.


Round table. See Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Table anvil, a small anvil to be fastened to a table for
use in making slight repairs.

Table base. (Arch.) Same as Water table.

Table bed, a bed in the form of a table.

Table beer, beer for table, or for common use; small beer.


Table bell, a small bell to be used at table for calling
servants.

Table cover, a cloth for covering a table, especially at
other than mealtimes.

Table diamond, a thin diamond cut with a flat upper
surface.

Table linen, linen tablecloth, napkins, and the like.

Table money (Mil. or Naut.), an allowance sometimes made to
officers over and above their pay, for table expenses.

Table rent (O. Eng. Law), rent paid to a bishop or
religious, reserved or appropriated to his table or
housekeeping. --Burrill.

Table shore (Naut.), a low, level shore.

Table talk, conversation at table, or at meals.

Table talker, one who talks at table.

Table tipping, Table turning, certain movements of
tables, etc., attributed by some to the agency of departed
spirits, and by others to the development of latent vital
or spriritual forces, but more commonly ascribed to the
muscular force of persons in connection with the objects
moved, or to physical force applied otherwise.

Tables of a girder or Tables of a chord (Engin.), the
upper and lower horizontal members.

To lay on the table, in parliamentary usage, to lay, as a
report, motion, etc., on the table of the presiding
officer, -- that is, to postpone the consideration of, by
a vote; -- also called to table . It is a tactic often
used with the intention of postponing consideration of a
motion indefinitely, that is, to kill the motion.

To serve tables (Script.), to provide for the poor, or to
distribute provisions for their wants. --Acts vi. 2.

To turn the tables, to change the condition or fortune of
contending parties; -- a metaphorical expression taken
from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.

Twelve tables (Rom. Antiq.), a celebrated body of Roman
laws, framed by decemvirs appointed 450 years before
Christ, on the return of deputies or commissioners who had
been sent to Greece to examine into foreign laws and
institutions. They consisted partly of laws transcribed
from the institutions of other nations, partly of such as
were altered and accommodated to the manners of the
Romans, partly of new provisions, and mainly, perhaps, of
laws and usages under their ancient kings. --Burrill.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Table \Ta"ble\ (t[=a]"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabled
(t[=a]"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Tabling (t[=a]"bling).]
1. To form into a table or catalogue; to tabulate; as, to
table fines.
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2. To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a
picture. [Obs.]
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Tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation.
--Bacon.
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3. To supply with food; to feed. [Obs.] --Milton.
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4. (Carp.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by
alternate scores or projections from the middle, to
prevent slipping; to scarf.
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5. To lay or place on a table, as money. --Carlyle.
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6. In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone,
by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or
the like) till called for, or indefinitely.
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7. To enter upon the docket; as, to table charges against
some one.
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8. (Naut.) To make broad hems in the skirts and bottoms of
(sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached
to the boltrope.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Table \Ta"ble\, v. i.
To live at the table of another; to board; to eat. [Obs.] "He
. . . was driven from the society of men to table with the
beasts." --South.
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WordNet table
n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1"
[syn: tabular array]
2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is
usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a
sturdy table"
3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on
it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"
4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively
safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley
for water" [syn: mesa]
5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game;
"he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks"
6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and
board" [syn: board]
v : hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone,
prorogue, hold over, put over, shelve, set back,
defer, remit, put off]
Moby Dictionary
Domesday Book , account , account book , address book , adjourn ,
adversaria , album , alkali flat , alluvial plain , ambo , annals ,
annual , appointment calendar , appointment schedule , bar , basin ,
bench , billiard table , blankbook , blotter , blueprint , board ,
bottomland , bowling green , bread , bread and butter , bring forward ,
bring up , brouillon , buffet , bushveld , calendar , campo , card index ,
cartoon , cashbook , catalog , catalogue , catalogue raisonne , census ,
champaign , champaign country , chart , cheer , chronicle ,
classified catalog , coastal plain , coat , coating , cocktail table ,
code , coffee table , collop , comestible , comestibles ,
commonplace book , conference table , console , constitute , contents ,
continue , copy , correspondence , counter , court calendar , covering ,
creature comfort , cuisine , cut , daily bread , daybook , dead flat ,
dead level , deal , deal table , decree , defer , delay , delineation ,
delta , desert , design , desk , desk calendar , diagram , diary , digest ,
diptych , disk , docket , documentation , down , downs , draft , drag out ,
drawing , dresser , dressing table , drop-leaf table , earth , eatables ,
ebauche , edibles , elevation , enact , enact laws , engagement book ,
entertainment , escritoire , esplanade , esquisse , extend , fare ,
fast food , feast , feed , fell , feuille , figure , filibuster , film ,
flap , flat , flat country , flatland , flats , floor , foil , fold , food ,
food and drink , foodstuff , get the floor , graph , grass veld ,
grassland , ground , ground plan , hang fire , hang up , have the floor ,
health food , heath , history , hold off , hold over , hold up ,
homaloid , horizontal , horizontal axis , horizontal fault ,
horizontal line , horizontal parallax , horizontal plane ,
horizontal projection , house plan , ichnography , index , ingesta ,
inventory , itemization , journal , junk food , kill , kitchen stuff ,
kitchen table , laboratory table , lamella , lamina , laminated glass ,
laminated wood , lampstand , lande , lap , lay aside , lay away , lay by ,
lay over , leaf , lectern , ledge , ledger , legislate , letters , level ,
level line , level plane , list , llano , lobby through , log , logbook ,
logroll , loose-leaf notebook , lowland , lowlands , lunar mare ,
mahogany , mare , meal , mean sea level , meat , membrane , memo book ,
memorandum book , memorial , memory book , mesa , mesilla , mess , moor ,
moorland , mothball , notebook , offer , open country , ordain , outline ,
pad , pampa , pampas , pane , panel , parterre , pass , patina , pattern ,
peel , pellicle , peneplain , petty cashbook , pigeonhole , pipe roll ,
plain , plains , plait , plan , plane , plank , plate , plateau , platform ,
plating , playa , plot , ply , plywood , pocket , pocket notebook ,
pocketbook , police blotter , postpone , prairie , precis , present ,
proffer , profile , projection , prolong , propose , prorogate ,
prorogue , protract , provender , provision , provisions , push aside ,
put aside , put away , put in force , put in mothballs , put off ,
put on ice , put through , railroad through , rasher , recess , record ,
recording , refection , refreshment , regalement , register , registry ,
relic , remains , repas , repast , reserve , roll , roll logs , rolls ,
roster , rota , rough , round table , safety glass , salt flat ,
salt marsh , salt pan , savanna , schema , scheme , scrapbook ,
scratch pad , scroll , scum , sea level , sea of grass , sebkha ,
secretaire , secretary , set aside , set by , sheet , shelve , shift off ,
side table , sideboard , sideline , skeleton , sketch , skin , slab ,
slat , sleep on , slice , spiral notebook , spread , stand , stand over ,
stave off , stay , steppe , store , stow , stretch out , submit , suspend ,
sustenance , table mountain , table of contents ,
table of organization , table the motion , tableland , tablet ,
taboret , tabulation , take a recess , take the floor , tea table ,
tea wagon , terrace , thumb index , token , trace , treat , tree veld ,
trestle table , triptych , tucker , tundra , turntable , upland , vega ,
veld , veneer , vestige , veto , viands , victuals , vittles , wafer ,
waive , water level , weald , wide-open spaces , wold , workbench ,
workbook , working drawing , worktable , writing table ,
writing tablet , yearbook , yield the floor


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TABLES. A synopsis in which many particulars are brought together in a general view; as genealogical tables, which are composed of the names of persons belonging to a family. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1963-4. Vide Law of the Twelve Tables.
TABLE D':HOTE:, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility. Old Paunchinello, freshly wed, Took Madam P. to table, And there deliriously fed As fast as he was able. "I dote upon good grub," he cried, Intent upon its throatage. "Ah, yes," said the neglected bride, "You're in your _table d'hotage_." Associated Poets
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