tabulate

American  

[tab-yuh-leyt, tab-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈtæb yəˌleɪt, ˈtæb yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

tabulated, tabulating

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

   Synonyms:

   classify, group, sort, rank, order

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verb (used without object)

tabulated, tabulating

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 British  

verb

1. Also: tabularize.  to set out, arrange, or write in tabular form

2. to form or cut with a flat surface

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adjective

1. having a flat surface

2. (of certain corals) having transverse skeletal plates

Other Word Forms

• nontabulated adjective
• pretabulate verb (used with object)
• pretabulation noun
• retabulate verb (used with object)
• tabulable adjective
• tabulation noun
• untabulable adjective
• untabulated adjective

Etymology

Origin of tabulate

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

Example Sentences

About 15% of his users have turned on the “paid pool” feature that lets them collect entry fees through Venmo and tabulate payouts when the Oscars are over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Counting ballots involves feeding each one into electronic scanners that tabulate their results.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

It has 20 scanners to tabulate ballots, all of which will be running on election night.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

The state party will tabulate results from all the precincts and release the statewide totals to the public.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

I was in the midst of writing a novel and he was calling me from it to tabulate the price of groceries.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright