English Explanatory Dictionary

tab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
  2. An ear.
  3. A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
  4. The page or form (for example, on a web browser or file manager) associated with such a navigational widget.
  5. A fast march or run with full kit.
verb
  1. To affix with tabs; to label.
noun
  1. A restaurant bill.
  2. Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate.
  3. The cost or bill for anything.
  4. A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
verb
  1. To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
noun
  1. A cigarette.
noun
  1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
noun
  1. A student of Cambridge University.
noun
  1. A tabloid newspaper.
noun
  1. A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
noun
  1. A tableau curtain.
noun
  1. A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of tab (“student at Cambridge”).

Pronunciation

/tæb/ [tʰæb̥] En-au-tab.ogg

Word forms

tab tabs tabbing tabbed

Etymology

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

Synonyms

tabulator mul:\t

Antonyms

slot

Related words

tin tab

Derived words

tabbed backtab bread tab collar tab cross-tab cross tab hand-tab keep tabs on laundry tab multitab peel tab pull-tab square tab shingle subtab swipe-tab tabbable tabber tab complete tab control tab explosion tabification tabify tab index tab leader tablike tabnabbing tab order tab out tab page tab stop trim tab washing tab Alt-Tab pick up the tab tabability tabable tabless

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 標籤 /标签 Chinese Mandarin: 分頁 /分页 Czech: karta Czech: záložka Czech: panel Danish: fane Esperanto: langeto Estonian: kaart Finnish: välilehti French: onglet German: Registerkarte German: Reiter German: Tab Hebrew: לשונית Ido: etiketo Italian: scheda Japanese: タブ Latvian: cilne Macedonian: табулатор Māori: ripa Norwegian Bokmål: fane Norwegian Nynorsk: fane Polish: karta Polish: zakładka Portuguese: guia Portuguese: aba Portuguese: separador Russian: вкла́дка Russian: таб Scottish Gaelic: taba Serbo-Croatian: kartica Slovene: zavihek Slovene: kartica Spanish: pestaña Swedish: flik Turkish: sekme
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