Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

round-table

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: round-table
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To discuss at a round table conference.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The freshly printed petitions had been taken over to city hall and "round-tabled." Five or six city employees — all of whom owed their jobs to the machine — sat around a table and passed petition blanks and voter registration lists in a circle. Each person copied every fifth or sixth name from the registration list. That way, the forgeries weren't so obvious."
"Day after day they read materials and then round-tabled the value of what they could glean from them."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

round-tables (present, singular) round-tabling (participle, present) round-tabled (participle, past) round-tabled (past)

Questions

What does round-table mean?: To discuss at a round table conference.

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