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• a dictionary with two columns per page
• a column of text
• at the bottom of the right-hand column of this page
• the website has an attractive two-column format.

column

1. one of the straight sections from top to bottom into which text on a page or screen is divided
• a dictionary with two columns per page
• a column of text
• at the bottom of the right-hand column of this page
• The website has an attractive two-column format.
• Click on the name of your account in the left-hand column.
• Put a mark in the appropriate column.
2. a series of numbers or words arranged one under the other down a page
• COMPARE row1 (3)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/row1_1#row_sng_3
• to add up a column of figures
• the fifth column of Table 4
• The numbers in the left-hand column are not relevant here.
• The last column contains the probability of each of those outcomes occurring.
3. a part of a newspaper, magazine or website that appears regularly and deals with a particular subject or is written by a particular writer
• SEE ALSO advice column
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/advice-column
• She writes a monthly column for a leading national newspaper.
• a newspaper/weekly column
• the financial column
• I disagree with a lot of what he writes in his column.
• I always read her column in the local paper.
• The website features a regular column on parenting.
• She always read the column by the local vicar in the parish magazine.

Extra Examples

• He has a regular column in a weekly newspaper.
• She saw his name in an obituary column.
• a weekly column on films showing in London
• a weekly column on movies showing in the capital
• The website runs an online advice column for teenagers.
4. a tall, solid post, usually round and made of stone, that supports or decorates a building or stands alone as a monument
• The temple is supported by marble columns.
• Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square is one of London's best-known landmarks.

Extra Examples

• The roof is supported by four huge columns.
• colonnades of fluted Doric columns
• Corinthian columns are decorated with leaves at the top.
• It was an Athenian temple with long colonnades of limestone columns.
• The churches have classical columns and decoration.
• The temple is supported by fluted marble columns.
5. a thing that is like a column in shape
• SEE ALSO spinal column
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/spinal-column
• a column of smoke (= smoke rising straight up)
6. a long, moving line of people or vehicles
• SEE ALSO fifth column
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fifth-column
• a long column of troops and tanks
• to march in columns

Word Origin

• late Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna ‘pillar’.