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tab

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtæb/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/tæb/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tab)

Inflections of 'tab' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
tabs
v 3rd person singular
tabbing
v pres p
tabbed
v past
tabbed
v past p

Collocations for "tab"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tab" in context.

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tab

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. write the [name, label, date] on the tab
  2. mark the page with a tab
  3. the page was marked with a (yellow) tab
  4. open a new tab (in your browser)
  5. have too many tabs open
  6. have it open in [a different, another] tab
  7. switch to [a different] tab
  8. to open a new tab
  9. cycle through your open tabs
  10. closed the tab
  11. close all tabs?
  12. are about to close multiple tabs
  13. broke the tab off the can
  14. collect soda tabs
  15. pull the tabs on the [collar, jacket, life vest]
  16. picked up the [meal, bar] tab
  17. is keeping tabs on [the money, spending]
  18. are keeping tabs on his [activities, movements]
v
  1. tab to the [right, left]
  2. tab through the [options, cells]
  3. tabbed him as [the, our] (next) [CEO, head coach]
  4. tabbed him to be the (next) [CEO]
  5. tab the [book, page, article, files]
n as adj
  1. [press, hit] the tab key
'tab' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "tab" in the title:

A few lambos in their tab - English Only forum
Another tab /different tab - English Only forum
App's "Explore" tab - English Only forum
Chevrons on the tab - English Only forum
Click <the> Delete tab - English Only forum
cover the tab - English Only forum
Did you put this on a tab? Let me get one. I'm behind. - English Only forum
flap and tab - English Only forum
frozen turkey dinners and Tab - English Only forum
Get the tab - English Only forum
In the Clock app, there's a new tab called "Bedtime." - English Only forum
left taxpayers to pick up the tab - English Only forum
On my tab - English Only forum
On the slate Vs on the tab? - English Only forum
Overlap vs Tab - English Only forum
part of their lunch tab - English Only forum
pay later / run a tab / buy on credit - English Only forum
Paying the tab - English Only forum
Peter Piper picked peppers but Tab rocked rhymes - English Only forum
pick up the bill, tab, etc. (for something) - English Only forum
pick up the emotional tab - English Only forum
prise up/open the tab - English Only forum
promotions [Gmail tab] - English Only forum
Run a tab - English Only forum
she signed out of her tab - English Only forum
skipped out on a bar tab - English Only forum
someone or something to keep a tab on someone - English Only forum
tab - English Only forum
tab - English Only forum
tab = table? - English Only forum
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