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The correct spelling is tables.
How to pronounce tables
/ˈteɪbl̩z/
nounIPA: /ˈteɪbl̩z/
Say it like: Tab-les
The correct spelling is tables. Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. For example: "to table fines"
Usage Examples
“to table fines”
“The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
- 2.A two-dimensional presentation of data.
- 3.The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- 4.One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- 5.The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
verb
- 1.To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- 2.To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
- 3.To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
- 4.(non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- 5.To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
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