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tabbing
We have found lemma(root) word of tabbing : tab.
Definitions
[tab], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information
- a second or further document or page that can be opened on a spreadsheet or web browser
- a restaurant bill
(e.g: the waiter brought three drinks and a new tab)
- a part of a control surface, typically hinged, that modifies the action or response of the surface
- a cigarette
Phrases:
- keep tabs on
- pick up the tab
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late Middle English: perhaps related to tag
[tab], (Verb)
Definitions:
- mark or identify with a projecting piece of material
(e.g: he opened the book at a page tabbed by a cloth bookmark)
Phrases:
- keep tabs on
- pick up the tab
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late Middle English: perhaps related to tag
[tab], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a facility in a word-processing program, or a device on a keyboard, for advancing to a sequence of set positions in tabular work
(e.g: the tab key)
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early 20th century: short for tabulator
[tab], (Verb)
Definitions:
- use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard
(e.g: the user can tab to the phrase and press Enter)
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early 20th century: short for tabulator
[tab], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a tablet, especially one containing an illicit drug
(e.g: he faced charges of attempting to export Ecstasy tabs)
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1960s: abbreviation
[tab], (Noun)
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- a tabloid newspaper
(e.g: she tries to cover up his peccadillos before they make the tabs' front pages)
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1920s: abbreviation
[tab], (Noun)
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[tab], (Abbreviation)
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- Totalizator Agency Board
- typhoid–paratyphoid A and B vaccine
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