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tabling

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: T EY1 B AH0 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: T EY1 B L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A forming into (graphic) tables; a display in tabular form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: tabulation

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A broad hem on the edge of a sail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A setting-aside of a topic from discussion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The introduction of a topic to a discussion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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noun

Meaning 6

Representing a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically

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7

noun

Meaning 7

board; support

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The uses of a table that contains the results of subproblems which can then be used later in the solving of a problem when the same subproblem arises again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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9

verb

Meaning 9

present participle and gerund of table

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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History

Etymology

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