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Dictionary: tab1   (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.]


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Thesaurus: tab
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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.

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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.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the bill in a restaurant
  Synonyms: check, chit


Translations: Tab
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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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