tab stop

tæb stɑp

Definition

Definition of tab stop - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

horizontal column in text for cursor alignment

TECH.

Press Tab to reach the next tab stop.

typography

Dated

horizontal location where typewriter carriage stops

Dated

She set the tab stop at 5 spaces.

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Expressions with tab

pick up the tab

accept responsibility to pay a bill

After dinner, he decided to pick up the tab.

on the company tab

adj.

paid for by a business instead of a person

We had an on the company tab lunch yesterday.

on the tab

adv.

added to the bill to be paid later

Put the drinks on the tab, please.

on your tab

adv.

added to your bill to be paid later

Put the drinks on your tab and pay later.

pick up a tab

pay the bill for a group

After dinner, he offered to pick up a tab for everyone.

run a tab

accumulate charges to be paid later

We can run a tab and settle the bill at the end of the night.

Expressions with stop

full stop

a punctuation mark used to end sentences or mark abbreviations

She placed a full stop at the end of the sentence.

stop by

pause at a location temporarily

We can stop by the store on our way home.

stop in

stay at a place for a short time

We decided to stop in at the café for a quick coffee..

stop off

make a short visit while traveling

We will stop off at the museum on our way.

stop over

interrupt a trip temporarily, often overnight

They will stop over in Dubai before heading to Japan.

stop short

cease movement suddenly

She stopped short when she saw the snake..

stop traffic

cause vehicles to halt

The police officer stopped traffic to let the parade pass.

one stop shopping

shopping at one place for all needs

The mall offers one stop shopping for busy families.

stop at nothing

do anything needed to reach a goal, not stopped by obstacles

She will stop at nothing to win the race.

stop dead

stop moving suddenly and completely without warning

He saw the snake and stop dead.

Examples of tab stop in a sentence

The document's tab stops need reconfiguration.
The document's tab stop was incorrectly set.

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French:tabulation, ...
German:Tabstopp, Tabulatorstopp, ...
Italian:tabulazione, tabulatore, ...
Spanish:tabulador, parada de tabulación, ...
Portuguese:tabulador, posição de tabulação, ...
Chinese:制表位, ...
Japanese:タブストップ, タブ設定, ...
Arabic:موضع جدولة, مَوْضِعُ الجَدْوَلَة, ...
Hebrew:עֲצִירַת טַבּוּלָה, מִיקּוּם הַטַּאבּ, ...
Russian:табулятор, табуляция, ...
Ukrainian:табуляція, зупинка табуляції, ...
Hindi:टैब स्टॉप, टैब स्थान, ...
Bengali:ট্যাব স্টপ, ট্যাব স্থান, ...
Catalan:tabulació, tabulador, ...
Czech:tabulátor, nastavená pozice tabulátoru, ...
Danish:tabulatorstop, ...
Dutch:tabstop, tabulatiepositie, ...
Greek:στοπ καρτέλας, θέση καρτέλας, ...
Hungarian:tabulátorpozíció, ...
Khmer:ចំណុចថេប, ចំណុចកំណត់ទីតាំងឈប់ផ្ដេករបស់រទេះម៉ាស៊ីនវាយអក្សរ, ...
Korean:탭 정지, 탭 스톱, ...
Persian:توقف‌گاه تب, ...
Polish:tabulator, pozycja tabulatora, ...
Portuguese (BR):tabulação, tabulador, ...
Romanian:tabulator, poziție de tab, ...
Swedish:tabbstopp, ...
Thai:แท็บสต็อป, ตำแหน่งแท็บ, ...
Turkish:sekme durağı, sekme durdurma, ...
Vietnamese:điểm dừng tab, vị trí dừng tab, ...

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