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"TABS" is a plural of: tab. |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | Curtain made up of two curtain panels hung, with a center overlap, from a single batten. Each panel is lifted or tripped open by a diagonal drawline. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TABS | English | Tabloids(Pubblicazioni pubblicitarie formato ridotto) | Abbreviation |
TABS | Italian | Tabloide(Pubblicazioni pubblicitarie formato ridotto) | Abbreviation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: TABS |
| English words defined with "TABS": keep tabs on ♦ monitor ♦ ride herd on ♦ supervise. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TABS": bindery operator, BINDERY WORKER, boat puller, boot-liner maker ♦ HARDWARE ASSEMBLER, HULL AND DECK REMOVER ♦ inserter, INSPECTOR, TOYS ♦ jogger operator ♦ LABORER, GENERAL, LAYBOY TENDER ♦ MOLD FINISHER ♦ save generic, sheeter helper, STOPBOARD ASSEMBLER, suit maker ♦ TABBER, table worker ♦ upfitter ♦ WADER-BOOT-TOP ASSEMBLER, WELDING-MACHINE OPERATOR, ELECTROSLAG, whitespace. (references) |
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Screenplays | Agent McGinnis I'm certain you're working under a supervisor who's keeping close tabs on this case (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Manpower. Negro aircraft workers. Workers of various races contribute their skills to war industry. To safeguard American cities against all contingencies, these workers in an Eastern arsenal are sewing hand harness tabs on gas masks, which are being turn. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Keep tabs on your young teen’s activities, and join with other parents in making common policies about teen alcohol use. Develop family rules about teen drinking and establish consequences. (references) | |
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| "TABS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "TABS" is used about 132 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 90.91% | 120 | 29,358 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.06% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 3.03% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 132 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "TABS": keep tabs on ♦ keep tabs on smb.. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "TABS": trim-tabs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TABS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | rideau l'italienne (tableau curtain). (various references) | |
German | Tabulatoren. (various references) | |
Greek | παρακολουθώ (attend, exhaust, follow, keep tabs on, monitor, observe, tag, tail after, watch). (various references) | |
Hungarian | figyelemmel kísér vmit (to keep tabs on sg). (various references) | |
Italian | TABS (Tabloids(Pubblicazioni pubblicitarie formato ridotto)). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vigiar (guard, have an eye on, keep, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, look to, mind, observe, oversee, scout, supervise, tend, wake, watch, watch over). (various references) | |
Spanish | orejas, lenguetas, etiquetas, cortina a la italiana. (various references) | |
Swedish | etiketter (labeler, labels). (various references) | |
Turkish | takip etmek (chase, come after, dog, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, hound, keep tabs on, prosecute, pursue, sleuth, track), kontrol etmek (audit, check, check out, check up, check up on, choke back, choke down, command, control, explore, govern, inspect, keep tabs on, see over, superintend, test), izlemek (chase, come on, dog, eye, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, go by, hound, keep tabs on, monitor, monitorize, observe, pursue, shadow, supervene, tail, trace, track, trail, watch), gözaltında bulundurmak (keep tabs on). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стежити (attend, espy, eye, investigate, keep tabs on, observe, outwatch, oversee, see to, tend, track, watch), вести облік (keep tabs on). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TABS": backstabs, stabs. (additional references) | |
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"TABS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atbc, atbs, kabs, Ntaba, tabbo, tabe, tabes, tabk, tabo, tabt, tabus, tacs, taeb, tajs, tatb, taub, taubes, taus, tavs, tba, tbc, tbd, tbs, tebas, tebs, thab, thabe, tibc, tibs, tiby, tibz, tjab, toab, tobs, torbs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TABS" (pronounced ta"bz) |
| 4 | t a" b z | stabs. |
| 3 | -a" b z | abs, cabs, crabs, drabs, grabs, jabs, labs, prefabs, scabs, slabs. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bast, bats, stab. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-s-t" | |
-1 letter: abs, bas, bat, sab, sat, tab, tas. | |
-2 letters: ab, as, at, ba, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abets, abuts, bahts, baits, baste, basts, bates, baths, batts, beast, beats, betas, blast, blats, boast, boats, botas, brats, sabot, stabs, tabes, tabus, tsuba, tubas. | |
+2 letters: abates, abatis, abbots, ablest, aborts, absent, ambits, barest, basalt, basest, basket, basset, basted, baster, bastes, bathes, bathos, batiks, batons, beasts, beauts, bettas, biotas, blasts, blasty, bleats, bloats, boarts, boasts, bracts, brants, breast, bypast, habits, jabots, oblast, rabats, sabbat, sabots, sacbut, sagbut, stable, stably, tabbis, tabers, tablas, tables, taboos, tabors, tabuns, tibias. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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