to table
- verb
- /ˈteɪbəl/
- Formal
- On January 9, Johnson moved to table Anderson's proposal for the constitutional option.
- table a motion
- move to table
- table an appeal
Let's let's take that and table it for later.
- Let's let's take that and table it for later.
Examples
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The announcement comes two weeks after voting 5-1 to table the decision.
Blog text (15) -
In a final step, the majority could move to table the appeal.
Academic text (2004) -
We can table that for a later date.
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Could we table that for a moment? - Why? -
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Okay, well, let's table that for now.
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Okay, let's table this for now.
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Could we table this discussion right now?
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The conference leaders tried but failed to table the subject, and discussion continued.
Academic text (2009) -
"Let's table this conversation until after the service," she says.
Fiction book (2002) -
The committee decided to table the discussion on the new policy until next month.
Synonyms
To make something happen later than planned
To delay something until a later time because of a problem
To delay doing something on purpose to get more time
Delay something until a later time
To wait before doing something
To delay something until a later time
To stop work on a plan or project for now
To delay a plan or project for a while
To delay doing something to get more time
To delay dealing with something until later and make it less important
To keep something for use or sale after its planned time
To delay decision on a proposal until later
Delay making a decision by waiting instead of choosing
Idioms
- Informal
Drink more alcohol than another person until they become drunk
- Informal
To talk longer and more skillfully so the other person cannot answer
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A special table in an operating room where a patient lies during surgery
- Specialized
A chart that shows all chemical elements by their atomic number and groups similar ones together
A large attractive book with many photos or pictures kept on a living room table for guests to browse
- Literature
A large round table in stories about King Arthur where knights sit as equals
A list at the start of a book or document showing chapters and the pages they start on
- Specialized
A tool for cutting wood using a round blade that sticks up through a table
- Literature
A member of King Arthur's court who sits at the Round Table and is brave and fair
A small amount of leftover food from a meal that is given to animals or thrown away
- Specialized
A table showing the chance people of different ages will die or get ill, used by insurers and pension funds
A large flat table with a smooth cloth surface for playing games like pool or snooker
- Specialized
A large table with an adjustable top that you use for drawing plans
- Jargon
A table on a raised platform in a college hall where professors and guests eat
A narrow table that stands against a wall to hold decorations in a hallway or entryway
- Specialized
A table on a computer disk that shows where information is stored and which areas cannot be used
- Specialized
A table showing how likely people of each age are to die and the average years they have left
- Specialized
A table that shows how two things are related with numbers in the cells
- Specialized
A table that lists possible conditions and the action to take for each
- Literature
A round table where King Arthur and his knights sat as equals
A pine tree from Japan and Korea with a wide, uneven crown often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A simple rectangular table with a top and legs the same width and a clean modern look
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the verb table meaning 'to postpone' is to imagine putting a paper or idea on the table and leaving it there for later, so the image of placing it on the table explains delaying the discussion.