spreadsheet
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spreadsheet
- /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/ UK
- /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/ US
Where it comes from
From spread + sheet.
noun 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.
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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.
Similar: worksheet
- A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
verb spreadsheets · spreadsheeting · 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: calculator, computation, calculating, calculation, calc, worksheet, map, road, excel, sheets, table, blade, sheet, leaf, worksheets, datasheet
Translations
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noun computer application
| Español | hoja de cálculo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스프레드시트 seupeuredeusiteu |
| 日本語 | 表計算ソフト hyōkeisan sofuto, スプレッドシート supureddoshīto |
| 中文 | 試算表 /试算表 shìsuànbiǎo, 電子表格 /电子表格 diànzǐ biǎogé |
| Português | planilha, folha de cálculo |
| Français | tableur, chiffrier |
| Deutsch | Tabellenkalkulation, Tabellenkalkulationsprogramm |
| Italiano | foglio di calcolo |
| Ελληνικά | λογιστικό φύλλο logistikó fýllo, υπολογιστικό φύλλο ypologistikó fýllo |
| Română | tabel, foaie de calcul |
| Русский | электро́нная табли́ца elektrónnaja tablíca |
| العربية | جَدْوَل بَيَانَات jadwal bayānāt |
noun document
| Español | hoja de cálculo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 試算表 /试算表 shìsuànbiǎo |
| Português | planilha, folha de cálculo |
| Français | feuille de calcul |
| Deutsch | Tabelle, Kalkulationstabelle |
| Русский | электро́нная табли́ца elektrónnaja tablíca |
| العربية | جَدْوَل بَيَانَات jadwal bayānāt |
noun sheet of paper
| 한국어 | 스프레드시트 seupeuredeusiteu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 集計用紙 shūkei yōshi |
| 中文 | 紙本試算表 /纸本试算表, 格線計算紙 /格线计算纸 |
| Português | planilha |
| Français | tableur |
| Deutsch | Tabelle, Kalkulationstabelle |
| Română | tabel, foaie de calcul |
| Русский | табли́ца tablíca |
Talk about this word "spreadsheet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spreadsheet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spreadsheet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spreadsheet "spreadsheet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spreadsheet.Cite this
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howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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