Definition of column
1a : a vertical arrangement of items printed or written on a page columns of numbersb : one of two or more vertical sections of a printed page separated by a rule or blank space The news article takes up three columns.c : an accumulation arranged vertically : stack columns of paint cansd : one in a usually regular series of newspaper or magazine articles the gossip column advice columns
2 : a supporting pillar; especially : one consisting of a usually round shaft, a capital, and a base a colonnade of marble columns
3a : something resembling a column in form, position, or function a column of water columns of smokeb : a tube or cylinder in which a chromatographic separation takes place
4 : a long row (as of soldiers) columns of troops
5 : one of the vertical lines of elements of a determinant or matrix
6 : a statistical category or grouping put another game in the win column
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Examples of column in a Sentence
a facade with marble columns
Add the first column of numbers.
The article takes up three columns.
The error appears at the bottom of the second column.
She writes a weekly column for the paper.
Recent Examples of column from the Web
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Dwellings are more modest on the east side, including public housing in the form of brick ranch houses whose stoops have brick columns and pediments that jarringly echo the facade of Gaineswood, the nearby plantation manor museum.
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Have a news item or upcoming event, email it to Sheila Vilvens, svilvens@enquirer.com, for inclusion in this column.
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The Aberdeen IronBirds closed out their series at Lowell on Wednesday and did so in the win column for a third straight time.
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Her advice column will appear here every Wednesday.
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Read a Gadfly column from May on why Discovery and Scripps should merge.
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Send feedback and news for this column to carmen@citizenscrimewatch.org, or call her at 305-470-1670.
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Read a Gadfly column from May on why Discovery and Scripps should merge.
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Instead, the tower was in very slow, constant motion with the column of ants slowly sinking, like butter melting.
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Origin and Etymology of column
Middle English columne, from Anglo-French columpne, from Latin columna, from columen top; akin to Latin collis hill — more at hill
COLUMN Defined for English Language Learners
column
playDefinition of column for English Language Learners
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: a long post made of steel, stone, etc., that is used as a support in a building
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: a group of printed or written items (such as numbers or words) shown one under the other down a page
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: any one of two or more sections of print that appear next to each other on a page and are separated by a blank space or a line
COLUMN Defined for Kids
column
playDefinition of column for Students
1 : one of two or more vertical sections of a printed page Read the article in the left column.
2 : a group of items shown one under the other down a page a column of figures
3 : a regular feature in a newspaper or magazine a sports column
4 : a pillar used to support a building
5 : something that is tall or thin in shape or arrangement a column of smoke
6 : a long straight row a column of soldiers
Medical Dictionary
column
playMedical Definition of column
: a longitudinal subdivision of the spinal cord that resembles a column or pillar: asa: any of the principal longitudinal subdivisions of gray matter or white matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord—see dorsal horn, gray column, lateral column 1, ventral horn; compare funiculus ab: any of a number of smaller bundles of spinal nerve fibers : fasciculus
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