column

CEFRB1

/ˈkɒləm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A vertical line of words or numbers.

  2. 02

    noun

    A regular article written for a newspaper or website.

Examples

  • I just love to read the agony column in teenage magazines.

  • The geyser sends up a column of hot water every two hours.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkɑljəm/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.

  2. A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.

  3. A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

More examples

In context

  • Add up this column of figures.

  • Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.

  • His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English columne, columpne, columpe, borrowed from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Akin to Latin collis (“a hill”), celsus (“high”), probably to Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “top, summit”).