tab
verb/tæb/
/tæb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tab | /tæb/ /tæb/ |
| he / she / it tabs | /tæbz/ /tæbz/ |
| past simple tabbed | /tæbd/ /tæbd/ |
| past participle tabbed | /tæbd/ /tæbd/ |
| -ing form tabbing | /ˈtæbɪŋ/ /ˈtæbɪŋ/ |
- tab somebody (as) something (especially North American English) to say that somebody is suitable for a particular job or role or describe them in a particular way
- He has been tabbed by many people as a future champion.
- tab something to use the tab key when you are using a keyboard
Word Originverb late Middle English: perhaps related to the verb tag.
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