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(tăb) pronunciation
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.

[Origin unknown.]


tab2 (tăb) pronunciation
n.
  1. Informal.
    1. A bill or check, such as one for a meal in a restaurant.
    2. Cost; price: The tab for upgrading the computers would be high.
  2. A tabulator on a typewriter.
  3. Computer Science.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.

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

[Short for TABLET or TABULATION. Sense 2, short for TABULATOR.]


noun

  1. A precise list of fees or charges: account, bill1, check, invoice, reckoning, statement. See pay/owe.
  2. An amount paid or to be paid for a purchase: charge, cost, price. See transactions.


1. A small, narrow drop curtain in a theater used to mask from view a portion of the stage. 2. A tableau curtain.
3. The lower end of a shingle; the visible portion of a roof shingle that remains uncovered.


mod. well-dressed. (Streets.)  She's really tabbed in some nice threads.

A small auxiliary control surface forming part of the trailing edge of an aircraft’s control surfaces. Tabs help in trimming and may also assist in moving primary controls. The various types of tabs are servotabs, fixed tabs, balance tabs, trim tabs, spring tabs, etc. See servotab, spring tab, and balance tabs.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - strop, flig, klap
v. tr. - mærke

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    holde styr på

2.
n. - tabulering
v. tr. - tabulere

3.
n. - tablet, pille

4.
n. - avis i tabloidformat

Nederlands (Dutch)
label, (ophang)lus(je), lipje, tabulator, rekening, schouderembleem (officier), toneelgordijn, pil (drugs), van tabs voorzien, toe-/aanwijzen

Français (French)
1.
n. - patte, attache, (GB) écusson, (GB) ferret, languette, onglet, étiquette, (Aviat) compensateur, (US) note/addition, comprimé (fam), (Théât) rideau à l'italienne
v. tr. - attacher/fixer (une étiquette, etc)

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    tenir (qn) à l'¯il, avoir l'¯il sur (qch)

2.
n. - (Comput) tabulatrice, tabulateur, marque de tabulation
v. tr. - présenter sous forme de tableau, tabuler

3.
n. - comprimé/cachet (en particulier celui contenant une drogue illicite)

4.
n. - quotidien populaire, tabloïd

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Tab, Reiter, Etikett, Schildchen, Anhänger, Aufhänger, Zunge, Schlaufe, Lasche, (ugs.) Rechnung, (ugs.) Preis, Kragenspiegel, (Zwischenakt)vorhang, Trimmruder
v. - mit Aufhängern, Schlaufen o.ä. versehen

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    unter Kontrolle halten, genau beobachten, Buch führen über

2.
n. - Tabulator
v. - tabellarisieren

3.
n. - Tablette

4.
n. - klein formatige Zeitung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ετικέτα, μάρκα, ταμπελίτσα, πρόσθετη θηλιά, τσεκάρισμα, (πληρωτέος) λογαριασμός, στηλογνώμονας (γραφομηχανής κ.λπ.)
v. - δένω καρτελάκι(α) σε
abbr. - στηλογνώμονας (γραφομηχανής κ.λπ.)

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    παρακολουθώ ή επιτηρώ (στενά)

Italiano (Italian)
tabulatore, laccetto

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    sorvegliare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ponta (f), saliência (f), orelha (f), etiqueta (f) (em bagagem), conta, nota (coloq.)
v. - tabular
abbr. - tabela

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    controlar, não perder de vista

Русский (Russian)
Наклейка, квитанция (амер.), металлическая крышка на банке напитка

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    Постоянная осведомленность о ком-нибудь.

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - tabulador, etiqueta, charretera, presilla, lengüeta
v. tr. - suministrar con etiquetas, presillas, lengüetas

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    no perder de vista

2.
n. - abreviación de tabulador
v. tr. - abreviación de tabular

3.
n. - tableta, esp. una que contenga droga ilícita

4.
n. - periódico en formato tabloide

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flik, lapp, etikett, rivöppnare på burk, räkning, nota
v. - bestämma, utse
abbr. - tablett, bord

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 襟, 护耳, 垂片, 凸出部, 为...装上襟, 把...称作, 给...贴标签, 监视

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    记...的帐, 密切注意...的动态, 监视...的一举一动

2. 制表, TAB键, 标号

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 襟, 護耳, 垂片, 凸出部
v. tr. - 為...裝上襟, 把...稱作, 給...貼標簽, 監視

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    記...的帳, 密切注意...的動態, 監視...的一舉一動

2.
n. - 製錶, TAB鍵, 標號

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (옷 등에 붙은) 드림, (어린이 옷의) 드리운 소매
v. tr. - 드림을 달다, 고름을 달다

idioms:

  • keep tabs on    ~에 ~를 달다, ~을 계산하다

2.
n. - 도표작성자, 도표 작성 장치
v. tr. - 도표로 만들다, 평면으로 만들다

3.
n. - (금지된 약을 포함하는) 정제

4.
n. - 타블로이드판 신문

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小さな耳, 耳, たれ, 耳おおい, 記録, 請求書, 垂れ幕, 監視
v. - 指名する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عروة - مقبض صغير (فعل) يزود بعروة (اختصار) قرص أو حبه ( في الوصفات الطبيه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חשבון (לתשלום), לולאה, מיתלה, פתקה, תווית, תג צווארון של קצין (בריטניה), בליטה, דש או רצועה קצרה המוצמדת לעצם כדי להקל על פתיחה ושימוש בו‬
v. tr. - ‮סיפק תוויות‬
n. - ‮טבלר - אדם או מכשיר העורכים טבלות או לוחות‬
v. tr. - ‮ערך בטבלה או בלוח, סידר ברשימה‬
n. - ‮טבלית של סם לא-חוקי‬
n. - ‮עיתון שגודל העמוד שלו הוא מחצית מהגודל הרגיל של עיתון יומי גדול‬


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