transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒləm ]
( columns)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.
...a London landmark, Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square.
= pillar
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2.
A column is something that has a tall narrow shape.
The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air.
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3.
A column is a group of people or animals which moves in a long line.
There were reports of columns of military vehicles appearing on the streets.
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4.
On a printed page such as a page of a dictionary, newspaper, or printed chart, a column is one of two or more vertical sections which are read downwards.
We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures...
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5.
In a newspaper or magazine, a column is a section that is always written by the same person or is always about the same topic.
She also writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement.
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see also agony column , gossip column , personal column , spinal column , steering column