spreadsheet
UK/ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/US/ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/
spreadsheet noun: a computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
Noun
spreadsheet (plural spreadsheets)
- A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
- The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar.1985 September 15, Erik Snadberg-Diment, “Number Crunching on the Macintosh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- A document created with such an application.
- A little later in this chapter, we'll run through some of the most common methods journalists use to analyze the material they gather and store in spreadsheets.2009, Fred Vallance-Jones, David McKie, Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Comprehensive Primer, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49
- For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody’s prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code.2014 July 15, Theck, “TC101: Intro to Theorycrafting”, in Sacred Duty
- Synonyms:
- worksheet
- A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
Verb
spreadsheet (third-person singular simple present spreadsheets, present participle spreadsheeting, simple past and past participle spreadsheeted)
- To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet.
- If you'd spreadsheeted the cascade charts and sorted it by each name's sphere of influence, then the people Carrie Johnstone sent the police to get constituted a big chunk of the middle third—people who “commanded” maybe four of five others—and maybe 10 percent of the top influencers.2020, Cory Doctorow, Attack Surface, Head of Zeus, →ISBN
spreadsheet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
spreadsheet in Hindi
- स्प्रेडशीट, स्प्रैडशीट
spreadsheet in Tamil
- computer application
- அட்டவணைச்செயலி aṭṭavaṇaicceyali, விரிதாள் viritāḷ
- document
- விரிதாள் viritāḷ, அட்டவணை aṭṭavaṇai
- sheet of paper
- கட்டத்தாள் kaṭṭattāḷ, விரிதாள் viritāḷ
spreadsheet in Marathi
- स्प्रेडशीट
spreadsheet in Urdu
- اسپریڈشیٹ, سپریڈشیٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- spreadsheet in Bengali
- স্প্রেডশিট, স্প্রেডশীট
- spreadsheet in Telugu
- స్ప్రెడ్షీట్, స్ప్రెడ్షీట్కు, స్ప్రెడ్షీట్కి
- spreadsheet in Malayalam
- സ്പ്രെഡ്ഷീറ്റ്, സ്പ്രേഡ്ഷീറ്റ്, സ്പ്രേഡ്ഷീറ്റിലേക്ക്
- spreadsheet in Kannada
- ಸ್ಪ್ರೆಡ್ಶೀಟ್, ಸ್ಪ್ರೆಡ್ಷೀಟ್, ಸ್ಪ್ರೇಡ್ಶೀಟ್
- spreadsheet in Punjabi
- ਸਪ੍ਰੈਡਸ਼ੀਟ, ਸਪਰੈਡਸ਼ੀਟ, ਸਪਰੈੱਡਸ਼ੀਟ
- spreadsheet in Gujarati
- સ્પ્રેડશીટ
- spreadsheet in Odia
- ସ୍ପ୍ରେଡଶିଟ୍, ସ୍ପ୍ରେଡସିଟ୍, ସ୍ପ୍ରେଡଶିଟ
- spreadsheet in Nepali
- स्प्रेडसिट, स्प्रेडशीट
- spreadsheet in Arabic
- جَدْوَل بَيَانَات jadwal bayānāt
- spreadsheet in Malay
- hamparan
- spreadsheet in Indonesian
- lembar kerja, lembar bentang, lembar kalkulasi, lembatang sebar
Examples of spreadsheet in a sentence
- This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it closes.
- This spreadsheet lets you drill down to daily or even hourly sales figures.
- This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts.
Synonyms of spreadsheet
Forms of spreadsheet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | spreadsheets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | spreadsheets |
| present participle | spreadsheeting |
| past participle | spreadsheeted |
| past | spreadsheeted |
Origin of spreadsheet
From spread + sheet.
Words formed from spreadsheet
Questions about spreadsheet
- What does spreadsheet mean?
- Spreadsheet means a computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
- What is spreadsheet in Hindi?
- Spreadsheet in Hindi is स्प्रेडशीट, स्प्रैडशीट. See Spreadsheet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spreadsheet?
- Spreadsheet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce spreadsheet?
- Spreadsheet is pronounced /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of spreadsheet?
- The plural of spreadsheet is spreadsheets.
Words near spreadsheet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spreadsheet (page history and authors); spreadsheet (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spreadsheet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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