table
- noun
- /ˈteɪbəl/
- We need to be at the table when decisions are being made that will affect special education.
- sit at the table
- a seat at the table
- negotiating table
They sit down together at a place at the table of brotherhood.
- They sit down together at a place at the table of brotherhood.
- The first time the whole table erupt into loud chaos.
- I'm going to come to your table to eat, right, right.
- The confidence of those young girls at the table was palpable.
- And the person who invited me to their table was the same person that.
- But you have no place at the table because you caused this.
- Everyone at the table was quiet, watching, waiting.
- We can be at the table or we can be on the table.
- And anyway, so at the table was Divernon and Tony Giorgio.
- Feel like you're at the round table of dim lighting with this jar.
- And how awkward can it get at the closing table when it's not punched?
- I think they'll come to the table and like group vibe.
- It's just one person at that tables, two cents they're putting in.
Examples
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It is that special time of Crashenfest when we go around the table and everyone says what they love most about Crash.
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But you have no place at the table because you caused this.
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Now, as she looked around the table, she wished she had been more involved.
Academic text (2012) -
All students in the lab were seated around the same table, usually next to their group partners.
Academic text (2008) -
Everybody's here, gathered round the table full of holiday cheer.
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Kim Souza is sitting at a table in her daughter Lin's classroom.
Academic text (2012) -
The elderly widows often met at card tables, luncheons, and on porch rockers to reminisce about the past.
Academic text (2011) -
Everyone at the table laughed and shared stories during dinner.
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I enjoyed the lively conversation with my friends at the table.
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The family gathered around the table to celebrate the holiday together.
Synonyms
A large amount of food or many guests for a meal
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
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
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Etymology
Table also came to mean the people sitting together at a table because the word named the piece of furniture where people met to eat or talk, so 'the table' naturally meant the group of people there.