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What (who) is table - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Table (disambiguation); Tables; Tabular
table
¦ noun
1. a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at.
food provided in a restaurant or household.
2. a set of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns.
a league table.
(tables) multiplication tables.
3. Architecture a flat, typically rectangular, vertical surface.
a horizontal moulding, especially a cornice.
a slab bearing an inscription.
4. a flat surface of a gem.
a cut gem with two flat faces.
5. each half or quarter of a folding board for backgammon.
6. Bridge the dummy hand.
¦ verb
1. Brit. present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting.
2. chiefly US postpone consideration of.
3. Sailing strengthen (a sail) by making a hem at the edge.
Phrases
lay something on the table
1. make something known so that it can be discussed.
2. chiefly US postpone something indefinitely.
on the table offered for discussion.
turn the tables turn a position of disadvantage relative to someone else into one of advantage.
under the table
1. informal very drunk.
2. another term for under the counter (see counter1).
Derivatives
tableful noun (plural tablefuls).
Origin
OE tabule 'flat slab, inscribed tablet', from L. tabula 'plank, tablet, list', reinforced in ME by OFr. table.
table
(tables, tabling, tabled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top that you put things on or sit at.
She was sitting at the kitchen table eating a currant bun...
I placed his drink on the small table at his elbow.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone tables a proposal, they say formally that they want it to be discussed at a meeting. (mainly BRIT)
They've tabled a motion criticising the Government for doing nothing about the problem.
= propose
VERB: V n
3.
If someone tables a proposal or plan which has been put forward, they decide to discuss it or deal with it at a later date, rather than straight away. (AM)
We will table that for later.
VERB: V n
4.
A table is a written set of facts and figures arranged in columns and rows.
Consult the table on page 104...
Other research supports the figures in Table 3.3.
N-COUNT: also N num
5.
6.
If you put something on the table, you present it at a meeting for it to be discussed.
This is one of the best packages we've put on the table in years...
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR
7.
If you turn the tables on someone, you change the situation completely, so that instead of them causing problems for you, you are causing problems for them.
The only question is whether the President can use his extraordinary political skills to turn the tables on his opponents.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR on n
8.
table
<database> A collection of records in a relational database.
(1997-06-04)
Wikipedia
Table
Table may refer to:
- Table (furniture), a piece of furniture with a flat surface and one or more legs
- Table (landform), a flat area of land
- Table (information), a data arrangement with rows and columns
- Table (database), how the table data arrangement is used within databases
- Calligra Tables, a spreadsheet application
- Mathematical table
- Table (parliamentary procedure)
- Tables (board game)
- Table, surface of the sound board (music) of a string instrument
- Al-Ma'ida, the fifth surah of the Qur'an, usually translated as “The Table”
- Water table
Examples of use of table
1. Murphy goes table to table, closing several sales.
2. The conference table doubles as a staff lunch table.
3. Limits include 1,000 for a bed, 250 for a coffee table, 600 for a dining table, 500 for a dressing table and 550 for a fridge–freezer.
4. "Mort and I play table tennis together," Evans explained as he continued towards our table.
5. A table of eight is a relative bargain: $100,000, raised from several people at the table.