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table English

Meaning table meaning

What does table mean?
Definitions in simple English

table

A raised flat surface. He sat at the table to eat. A list of information in rows and columns. He looked at the data table.

table

To propose in a meeting. We will table a new motion. To end or postpone in a meeting. I vote to table discussion.

table

a set of data arranged in rows and columns see table 1 a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs it was a sturdy table a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks arrange or enter in tabular form (= mesa) flat tableland with steep edges the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water (= board) food or meals in general she sets a fine table room and board (= postpone) hold back to a later time let's postpone the exam

Synonyms table synonyms

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Topics table topics

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  • What words refer to preparing the table for eating?

Conjugation table conjugation

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table · verb

Examples table examples

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Simple sentences

Could we have a table outside?
Mary set the basket on the table.
A fork fell off the table.
Tom hid under the table.
There is an apple on the table.
There is a glass on the table.
There is an orange on the table.
It's under the table.
Don't put the glass near the edge of the table.
Were there any glasses on the table?
Put the gun on the table.
Could you hand me the newspaper on the table?
Place the deck of cards on the oaken table.
You must clear the table.
Could we have a table in the corner?
Is there a table available for two on Friday?
Could we have a table in the non-smoking section?
Hurry up and set the table for dinner.
Could we have a table in the smoking section?
The picture hangs over the table.
Do you have a table with a view of the ocean?
The speaker banged the table with his fist.
I'd like to reserve a table for three.
The maid arranged the knives and forks on the table.
Mary spread the big map on the table.
Sit at the table.
You're not excused from the table.

Movie subtitles

I mean, we don't even have a dining room table.
Are you sure this is the dining table she wants?
On the table, I mean.
We were friends with you before we even met this table.
I hate this table.
We don't like, um, this table.
And you're going to ruin your life if you stick with this table.
Please, sir, may I have some pills? Ah, your best table, please, sir.
It's your new dining room table.
Oh, and you all should come over for dinner when we have the right table.
Is this a nice table?
It's a perfect table. That's what I think.
Table 33.
You have a shoulder of pork on your table.
A table.
Or an atomic number. Something from a periodic table.
At the far end of the table were Sir Arne's niece, Berghild, and her foster sister Elsalill, an orphan taken in by the vicar's household. Elsalill. Mary Johnson Berghild.
On the billiard table of nicholas II.
May I bring him over to your table?
Get off the table.
Get off the table!
Well, you could make this table a little less wide.
Max, George, fix a table immediately at the railing for Mr. Nathan.
Oh, uh, wait there. Put the bill on the table there.
Why don't you go back to your table and behave yourself? -Come on, guy.
Table number 1 4 for this party.
You're the guy whose picture Venus had on her dressing table.
It says so right here, but I took some home and set the table with them, and my mom freaked out and sent me to my room, and her boyfriend even kept laughing!
It's the only offer on the table.
Let's. just find a table at a cafeteria and have a drink.
I mean, we don't even have a dining room table. But we'll get one.
Ah, your best table, please, sir.

News and current affairs

Britain does not need a seat at the table when decisions on the Euro are taken.
In this, too, it has not really been successful, despite the huge amount of money that it put on the table.
Farmers were digging a pit in the riverbed, down to the water table approximately two meters below ground level.
And, when US forces overran Saddam Hussein's army in the spring of 2003, the encircled Iranians proposed a grand bargain that would put all contentious issues on the table, from the nuclear issue to Israel, from Hezbollah to Hamas.
There is even a league table of the world's funniest jokes (I did not laugh much).
The first priority should be boosting employment to enable citizens to put food on the table and recover a basic sense of confidence in the future.
Will they be able to put food on the table after this year's terrifying rise in food prices?
The long-delayed vision of Arab economic unity should be returned to the table.
Workers, for instance, who have much to lose if the central bank pursues an excessively tight policy, do not have a seat at the table.
They went indoors to watch as it came up to the picnic table, licked the dishes clean, and then drank two cans of beer.
But there is no need to reinvent the wheel, because the solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict is embodied in the main peace plans that are already on the table: the Clinton peace parameters, and the all-Arab peace initiative.
And changes in context can be critical; indeed, what happens away from the negotiating table almost always determines the outcome of face-to-face talks.
Even debate about reforming the global financial architecture was stilted: only finance ministers and central bankers, it seems, are allowed a seat at the IMF table.
Like the US after World War II, China is putting real money on the table - a lot of it - to build strong economic and infrastructure links with countries around the world.
Congress initially rejected the measure, but a dramatic 770-point drop in the stock market focused politicians' minds, bringing them back to the table - and to agreement.
Ever since the US realized that it had chosen the wrong region to be regional with, it has been trying to win a seat at the Asian table.
The equilibrium rates are reported in the accompanying table and so are today's actual rates.
The only way to bring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table is to weaken him and the Islamic State simultaneously.
Finally, the single most important step that US President Barack Obama could take is to put the credible threat of force back on the table.
But most experts believe that military force is off the table.
The one option that should not be on the table is US ground troops; no one wants to see US forces bogged down in another war, especially in another Muslim country.
In theory, we could simply supplement children's diets with vitamin A in capsules, or add it to some staple foodstuff, the way that we add iodine to table salt to prevent hypothyroidism and goiter.
The exclusion of members who violate the Maastricht Treaty is off the table.
After all, frontiers are never significantly redrawn at the negotiating table, but only on the battlefield, as China has shown in the past.
Pressure must be brought to bear to bring Burma's generals to a negotiating table where real negotiations take place.

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