spreadsheet
noun
spread·sheet
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Definition of spreadsheet
: a computer program that allows the entry, calculation, and storage of data in columns and rows
also
: the ledger layout modeled by such a program
Examples of spreadsheet in a Sentence
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With his background in business, Ron Plush drew up a spreadsheet of questions about what happened. — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, "After 911 calls fail to save 16-year-old Kyle Plush, his parents sue Cincinnati to get answers they were promised, but never got," 9 Aug. 2019 Ludwig can train itself when fed two files: a spreadsheet with the training data and a file specifying which columns are the inputs and outputs. — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, "No coding required: Companies make it easier than ever for scientists to use artificial intelligence," 31 July 2019 Drew’s broadside sparked the creation of a crowdsourced spreadsheet of jobs and salaries that had topped 3,000 anonymous entries within weeks of its launch. — Washington Post, "Women are increasingly getting the top museum jobs. Will more of them finally get equal pay?," 2 July 2019 The flaw, found by the team at Mimecast, lies in the Power Query tool, which lets users integrate spreadsheets with external databases, text documents and Web pages. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "Microsoft Excel Vulnerability Could Put 120 Million Users At Risk," 27 June 2019 For many parents, the spreadsheet provided by the Justice Department did not state the nature of the criminal history at all. — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, "More Than 900 Migrant Children Have Been Separated From Their Families Over Past Year," 30 July 2019 Seeing the sprawling workout spreadsheets unlocked something in his brain, said Beuzard, now 22. — Mark Lieberman, Washington Post, "A formula for success: D.C. native vies for worldwide Excel title after winning nationwide championship," 25 July 2019 But he was caught after going on vacation and giving some Siemens’ employees the passwords to the spreadsheets. — Fortune, "How China Hopes to Launch More Tech Stock STARs—Data Sheet," 24 July 2019 When Arndt was having trouble with spreadsheets (the bane of many a young analyst's early career), Lauren worked with him one-on-one to help him get up to speed. — Adrienne Gaffney, Town & Country, "The Other Passenger: Who Was Lauren Bessette?," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spreadsheet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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spreadsheet
noun
English Language Learners Definition of spreadsheet
: a computer program that calculates numbers and organizes information in columns and rows
: a document that has columns and rows which are used to calculate numbers and organize information
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