Wiktionary simplewiktionary https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.23 case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk 0 2661 564529 541061 2026-10-07T13:03:32Z ~2026-53952-37 55662 /* Noun */ Gfy 564529 wikitext text/x-wiki 564530 564529 2026-10-07T14:15:59Z MathXplore 31658 Reverted edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-53952-37|~2026-53952-37]] ([[User talk:~2026-53952-37|talk]]) to last revision by [[User:Minorax|Minorax]] 541061 wikitext text/x-wiki {{BE850}} {{BNC1HW}} === Pronunciation === * {{CA}} {{UK}} {{IPA|/ˈteɪbəl/}} * {{audio|en-uk-table.ogg|UK}} * {{audio|en-us-table.ogg|US}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Aalto table.JPG|thumb|a '''table''' (''sense 1'')]] [[File:Amortization table (example).gif|thumb|a '''table''' (''sense 2'')]] # A [[raised]] flat [[surface]]. #: ''He sat at the '''table''' to eat.'' # A list of [[information]] in [[rows]] and [[columns]]. #: ''He looked at the data '''table'''.'' === Synonyms === * (''raised flat surface'') [[bench]], [[board]], [[desk]], [[counter]], [[stand]], [[bar]], [[stall]], [[slab]] * (''chart'') [[chart]], [[graph]], [[diagram]], [[spreadsheet]], [[record]], [[register]], [[index]], [[list]], [[catalog]] or [[catalogue]], [[schedule]] * (''food'') [[food]], [[fare]], [[board]], [[diet]], [[provision]], [[menu]] * (''agenda'') [[agenda]], [[index]], [[list]], [[plan]], [[record]], [[register]], [[roll]], [[schedule]] === Related words === * [[turn the tables]] == Verb == {{verb|tabl|e}} # To [[propose]] in a [[meeting]]. #: ''We will '''table''' a new motion.'' # To end or [[postpone]] in a meeting. #: ''I vote to '''table''' discussion.'' === Synonyms === * (''propose'') [[propose]], [[put forward]], [[submit]], [[suggest]], [[enter]], [[move]] * (''end'') [[end]], [[put an end to]] * (''put off'') [[put off]], [[postpone]], [[shelve]], [[put on the back burner]] === Antonyms === * (''propose'') [[withdraw]], [[remove]], [[retract]] * (''end'') [[start]], [[begin]], [[keep open]], [[continue]] * (''put off'') [[bring forward]], [[put forward]] [[Category:Furniture]] o4r8ee26fx9x6prfmezn0ruwjrz3d0r 0 5238 564531 543950 2026-10-07T20:13:12Z ~2026-54069-71 55665 /* Noun */ For the love of the game. 564531 wikitext text/x-wiki 564532 564531 2026-10-08T03:18:54Z 0x48fe75df30 54137 Undid an earlier change by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-54069-71|~2026-54069-71]] ([[User talk:~2026-54069-71|talk]]) (revision 564531) [[WP:Vandalism]] 564532 wikitext text/x-wiki {{simplify}} {{wikipedia}} {{BE850}} === Pronunciation === * {{UK}} {{US}} {{IPA|/flæɡ/}} * {{audio|en-us-flag.ogg|US}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Union Jack in London 2016.jpg|right|thumb|A '''flag''']] # {{countable}} A '''flag''' is a piece of [[cloth]], usually marked with a colourful [[symbol]] or [[sign]]. # {{countable}} A '''flag''' flown by a [[ship]] is to show the presence on board of the [[admiral]] (the leader of a group of ships); the admiral himself; or his flagship. # The use of a '''flag''', especially to show the start of a race or other event. #: ''Be ready to start running immediately at the '''flag'''.'' # On a computer, a '''flag''' is a [[variable]] or place in the computer's memory that keeps a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, usually either recording the fact that a certain event has happened or asking for a certain action to happen if it's an action that doesn't always happen. # In a {{w|command line interface}} (a place on a computer screen for people to type commands for a computer to do), a sign telling the computer to do something it does only sometimes, or a sign changing in some other way the action of the command being typed. {{-}} == Verb == {{verb|flag|g}} # If you mark with a '''flag''', it shows the importance of something. # (often with ''down'') To signal to, especially to stop a car that's driving past, etc. #: ''Please '''flag''' a taxi down for me.'' # When a person '''flags''', the person becomes [[weak]], [[tired]] or [[feeble]]. #: ''His strength '''flagged''' toward the end of the race.'' # To signal or mark something that happened. #: ''The compiler '''flagged''' three errors.'' # To set the value of a variable in a computer program to ''true''. #: '''''Flag''' the debug option before running the program.'' [[Category:Flags| ]] lmr729ie0v81kzf2viz70spnth70s3g