tabling
noun, verb
tabling is a noun meaning “A forming into (graphic) tables; a display in tabular form” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-A-B-L-I-N-G and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tabling is tablings.
What does tabling mean?
noun
- 1
A forming into (graphic) tables; a display in tabular form.
- 2
The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.
- 3
A broad hem on the edge of a sail.
- 4
USA setting-aside of a topic from discussion.
- 5
UKThe introduction of a topic to a discussion.
- 6
Representing a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- 7
obsoleteboard; support
- 8
The uses of a table that contains the results of subproblems which can then be used later in the solving of a problem when the same subproblem arises again.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of table
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tabling?
Tabling has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tabling
- tablings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tabling?
Tabling appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).