table

Pronunciation: [ˈtʰeɪb(ə)ɫ]

Reading level: easy

Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a set of data arranged in rows and columns
  2. noun a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
  3. noun a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”). The sense of “piece of furniture” is from Old French table, of same Latin origin; Old English used bēod or bord instead for this meaning: see board. Doublet of tabula and tavla.

In classic literature

Synonyms

tabular array

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
array
Narrower (hyponyms)
calendar, periodic table, contents, actuarial table, file allocation table, correlation table

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