Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tabify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tab-i-fy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"A common use of this program is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like UNIX) that tends to turn all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers."
"You can only tabify source code"

Etymology

From tab + -ify.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tab

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

tabifies (present, singular) tabifying (participle, present) tabified (participle, past) tabified (past)

Phrases

Tabs vs Spaces Debate in Programming

Frequently Paired Words

Tabs vs Spaces Debate in Programming

Antonyms

untabify

Questions

What does tabify mean?: To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
Where does tabify come from?: From tab + -ify.

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