tab

tab ¹

 (tăb)

n.

1. A projection, flap, or short strip attached to an object to facilitate opening, handling, or identification.

2. A small, usually decorative flap or tongue on a garment.

3. A small auxiliary airfoil that is attached to a larger one and that helps stabilize an aircraft.

4. A pull-tab.

tr.v. tabbed, tab·bing, tabs

To supply with a tab or tabs.

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[Origin unknown.]

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tab ²

 (tăb)

n.

1. Informal

a. A bill or check, such as one for a meal in a restaurant.

b. Cost; price: The tab for upgrading the computers would be high.

2. A tabulator on a typewriter.

3. Computers

a. A key on a computer keyboard that, when pressed, inserts a special ASCII character used for formatting text, as in indenting a line or block of text.

b. This special ASCII character.

intr.v. tabbed, tab·bing, tabs

To press the tab on a typewriter or computer keyboard: Tab over to the next column.

Idiom:

keep tabs on Informal

To observe carefully over time: Let's keep tabs on expenditures.

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[Short for tablet or tabulation. Sense 2, short for tabulator.]

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tab ³

 (tăb) Informal

n.

A tabloid.

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tab

(tæb)

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a small flap of material, esp one on a garment for decoration or for fastening to a button

2. any similar flap, such as a piece of paper attached to a file for identification

3. (Aeronautics) a small auxiliary aerofoil on the trailing edge of a rudder, aileron, or elevator, etc, to assist in the control of the aircraft in flight. See also trimtab

4. (Military) military Brit the insignia on the collar of a staff officer

5. chiefly US and Canadian a bill, esp one for a meal or drinks

6. (Recreational Drugs) dialect Scot and Northern English a cigarette

7. keep tabs on informal to keep a watchful eye on

vb, tabs, tabbing or tabbed

(tr) to supply (files, clothing, etc) with a tab or tabs

[C17: of unknown origin]

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tab

(tæb)

n

1. (Computer Science) short for tabulator, tablet

2. (Recreational Drugs) slang a portion of a drug, esp LSD or ecstasy

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TAB

abbreviation for

1. (Medicine) typhoid-paratyphoid A and B (vaccine)

2. (Gambling, except Cards) Austral and NZ Totalizator Agency Board

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tab¹

(tæb)

n., v. tabbed, tab•bing. n.

1. a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.

2. a tag or label.

3. a small projection from a card, paper, or folder, used as an aid in filing.

4. Informal. a bill; check.

5. a small piece attached or intended to be attached, as to an automobile license plate.

6.

a. a typewriter stop or computer command that moves the carriage, cursor, or printing element a predetermined number of spaces.

b. the key that activates such a stop or command.

7. a small airfoil hinged to the rear portion of a control surface, as to an elevator, aileron, or rudder.

v.t.

8. to furnish or ornament with tabs.

9. to name or designate.

v.i.

10. to operate the tab function on a typewriter or computer.

Idioms:

keep tab(s) on, to maintain a watch over; record the activities of.

[1600–10; of uncertain orig.]

tab²

(tæb)

n. Informal.

1. tabloid (def. 1).

2. a tablet, as of a drug.

[1960–65; by shortening]

tab.

1. table.

2. (in prescriptions) tablet.

[< Latin tabella]

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tab

Past participle: tabbed
Gerund: tabbing

Imperative

tab

tab

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tab - the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" chit, check invoice, bill, account - an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; "he paid his bill and left"; "send me an account of what I owe"
	2.	tab - sensationalist journalism tabloid, yellow journalism journalism, news media - newspapers and magazines collectively
	3.	tab - the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation tab key key - a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed typewriter keyboard - a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed
	4.	tab - a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs" strip, slip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
	5.	tab - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet lozenge, pill, tablet bolus - a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine capsule - a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside dose, dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time dragee - pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet - a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

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tab

noun flap, tag, label, ticket, flag, marker, sticker a small red tab sewn on to the side of the pocket

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tab

noun

1. Informal. A precise list of fees or charges:

account, bill, check, invoice, reckoning, statement.

2. Informal. An amount paid or to be paid for a purchase:

charge, cost, price.

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Translations

بِطاقَهعُرْوَهلِسان، أُذْن

jazýčekkartaouškopoutkoproužek

mærkatringskiltstroptap

ReiterSchildchenStreifenTabAufhänger

arvekaartlipikratastabeldi

nappipiikkitabuvälilehti

ongletpatteattachecompensateurétiquette

lykkja, hankimerkimiîitunga, flipi

linguettapagare il contopuntalecontrollare

kilpelė

astītecilpiņagaliņšuzlīmeuzšuve

flikhempe

табуляция

rúčka

askılıketiketuç

挂条提扣标签衣服挂环

tab

[tæb]

A. N

1. (on garment) (= flap) → oreja f, lengüeta f; (= loop) → presilla f; (= label) → etiqueta f; (= marker) (on file) → ceja f; [of cheque] → resguardo m
to keep tabs on sb → vigilar a algn
to keep tabs on [+ situation] → seguir de cerca

2. (US) → cuenta f
to pick up the tab → pagar la cuenta (fig) → asumir la responsabilidad

3. (also tabulator) → tabulador m

B. CPD tab key N → tecla f de tabulación

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tab

[ˈtæb]

n

(on garment) (= loop) → attache f (= label) → étiquette f

(on file) → étiquette f

(on can) (= ring pull) → anneau m

(mainly US) (= bill) → addition f
to pick up the tab → payer l'addition

to keep tabs on sb (= keep an eye on) → surveiller qn

(in word processing) (= key) → touche f tabulation tab key

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tab

¹

n

(= loop on coat etc) → Aufhänger m; (on back of boot, book) → Schlaufe f; (= fastener on coat etc) → Riegel m; (= name tab, of owner) → Namensschild nt; (of maker) → Etikett nt; (on collar) → Verschluss(riegel) m; (Mil) → Spiegel m; (on shoulder, pocket) → Klappe f, → Patte f; (on filing cards) → Tab m, → Reiter m; to keep tabs on somebody/something (inf) → jdn/etw genau im Auge behalten

(Aviat) → Klappe f

(esp US inf: = bill) → Rechnung f; to pick up the tab (also Brit) → die Rechnung übernehmen

(Drugs inf) → Pappe f (sl), → Paper nt (sl), → Ticket nt (sl)

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tab

² (Comput etc)

n → Tab(ulator) m; (in dialog box) → Registerkarte f; (on typewriter) → Tabulator m; to set the tabs → tabulieren

vt columns → tabulieren

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tab

[tæb]

1. n abbr = tabulator

2. n (label) → etichetta; (flap on garment) → linguetta (Am) (fam) (bill) → conto
to keep tabs on sb/sth (fig) (fam) → tenere d'occhio qn/qc
to pick up the tab (Am) (fam) → pagare il conto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tab

(tӕb) noun

1. a small flat piece of some material attached to, or part of, something larger, which stands up so that it can be seen, held, pulled etc. You open the packet by pulling the tab. oortjie لِسان، أُذْن етикет tira jazýček, ouško der Streifen ring; tap λωρίδα στην άκρη αντικειμένου lengüeta; anilla lapakas زبانه؛ قلاب nipukka patte, languetteתווית टैब uho, jezičak fül carikan tunga, flipi etichetta, linguetta つまみ 색인표 galiukas galiņš; astīte hujung bungkusan yg terjulur yg boleh ditarik utk membuka bungkusan tersebut flapflik, klaff języczek, końcówka كارت چه دشى بيه يانوم پرليكل شوى اوپربكسونو، كاليويانورو باندى څړول كيږى، ريښكى، كړى، حساب ( په با نك كى tira inel (de capac) висящий кончик uško, rúčka zavihek, jeziček jezičak flik แถบที่ดึง uç (衣服等處的)襟，(裝飾衣服用的)垂片 петелька; вушко تکمہ، بند vạt; miếng (dính vào vật gì để cầm) 提扣

2. a strip of material attached to a piece of clothing by which it can be hung up. Hang your jacket up by the tab. lus عُرْوَه закачалка alça poutko der Aufhänger strop μικρή θηλιά στο εσωτερικό ρούχων lengüeta tripp زبانه لباس؛ بند lenkki attacheלולאה टैब petlja, vrpca (kod košulja, odijela) akasztó gantungan lykkja, hanki etichetta つまみひも (옷 등을 거는) 고리 kilpelė, pakaba cilpiņa; pakaramais gelung penyangkut lushempewieszak كاليويانورو باندى څړول كيږى alça gaică, agăţătoare петелька, вешалка pútko zanka komad materijala za kačenje odeće hängare หูหลังคอเสื้อสำหรับแขวน askılık 衣服掛環 вішалка پھانسا vạt áo 衣服挂环

3. a piece of material with a person's name or some other mark on it, attached to a piece of clothing so that its owner can be identified. merker بِطاقَه етикет etiqueta značka, proužek das Schildchen skilt; mærkat ετικέταetiqueta lipik برچسب nimilappu étiquette, marqueתג कपड़े पर टंका कोई टुकड़ा जिससे मालिक की पहचान हो सके etiketa (na odjeći) címke etiket merkimiði etichetta 名札 명찰 žymeklis, antsiuvas uzlīme; uzšuve (ar īpašnieka vārdu) label etiketje merkelapp, etikett naszywka كارت چه دشى بيه يانوم پرليكل شوى اوپربكسونو etiqueta eti­chetă нашивка, метка značka, prúžok etiketa nalepnica s imenom märke, etikett ป้าย etiket 掛條，標籤 нашивка شناخت کي علامت thẻ 挂条，标签

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