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tabify

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.

transitive

Examples

“A common use⟳ of this program⟳ is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like⟳ UNIX) that tends to turn⟳ all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers.”
“You can only tabify source code”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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