/ˈteɪbəl/
Translation
A piece of furniture with a flat top and legs that you put things on or sit at.
Word origin
From Latin tabula, meaning a flat board or plank, which is the shape of a table top.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tabula
Grammar
Examples
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"Table" means the flat piece of furniture you put things on.
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Here "table" is where the family sits for a meal.
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"Tables" is the plural, meaning more than one table.
A "table" is a piece of furniture with a flat top held up by legs. You eat at it, work at it, or rest things on it. The same word can also mean a set of facts shown in rows and columns.
Where this fits
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Stories
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The First Day at Work
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Market Morning
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The Surprise Party
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The Boat in the Garden
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The Broken Window
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Two Gardens
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The First Letter
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The Midnight Piano
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The Night Route
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The Photograph
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The Register
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The Tuesday Visitor
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Two Tickets to Paris
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The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(37)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
This, That, These and Those: How to Point at Things in English
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Phrasal-prepositional verbs: look forward to, put up with and the other three-part verbs
Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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