tabulate

[ verb tab-yuh-leyt; adjective tab-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

verb (used with object)

, tab·u·lat·ed, tab·u·lat·ing.

1. to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.

   Synonyms: classify, group, sort, rank, order

verb (used without object)

, tab·u·lat·ed, tab·u·lat·ing.

1. to operate the tab key on a typewriter; to tab.

adjective

1. shaped like a table or tablet; tabular.
2. having transverse septae, as certain corals.

tabulate

verb

1. Alsotabularizeˈtæbjʊləˌraɪz to set out, arrange, or write in tabular form
2. to form or cut with a flat surface

adjective

1. having a flat surface
2. (of certain corals) having transverse skeletal plates

Derived Forms

• ˈtabulable, adjective
• ˌtabuˈlation, noun

Other Words From

• tabu·la·ble adjective
• tabu·lation noun
• non·tabu·lated adjective
• pre·tabu·late verb (used with object) pretabulated pretabulating
• pretab·u·lation noun
• re·tabu·late verb (used with object) retabulated retabulating
• un·tabu·la·ble adjective
• un·tabu·lated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabulate¹

1590–1600; (adj.) < Late Latin tabulātus, past participle of tabulāre to fit with planks, floor; table, -ate ¹; (v.) < Latin tabul ( a ), for table + -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabulate¹

C18: from Latin tabula a board

Example Sentences

If no candidate surpasses 50 percent, lower-finishing candidates are nixed and their voters’ subsequent choices are tabulated in a series of tallies until one candidate emerges with a majority.

From Washington Post

That’s because it only tabulates companies that filed the required disclosure forms.

From Voice of San Diego

Google now samples s 5-second range that tabulates to the highest shift score.

From Search Engine Land

When the audit paused May 14 to clear out for high school graduations, about 20 percent of ballots had been tabulated.

From Washington Post

They’re going to tabulate the ballots, just like they always have.

From Time

Doctors have a vast platform to investigate, tabulate, and disseminate just how miserable they are.

From The Daily Beast

Each salad was given a rank in each category, which were averaged to tabulate the final ranks.

From The Daily Beast

Modern billing systems make it possible to tabulate certain of these statistics when the bills are made.

From Project Gutenberg

It is only possible to tabulate the languages and indicate on the map the localities in which they are spoken.

From Project Gutenberg

The trouble with too many library experiments is that the experimenters never seem to follow them up and tabulate their results.

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In later years churches have been so freely opened for woman suffrage meetings that it would be impossible to tabulate them.

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It was Josie Fifer's duty not only to tabulate and care for these relics, but to refurbish them when necessary.

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