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Pronunciation: /tab/
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Definition of tab

noun

  • a facility in a word-processing program, or a device on a keyboard, for advancing to a sequence of set positions in tabular work: [as modifier]:the tab key

verb (tabs, tabbing, tabbed)

  • 1 [no object] use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard:the user can tab to the phrase and press Enter

Origin:

early 20th century: short for tabulator

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