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tabular

American  
[tab-yuh-ler] / ˈtæb yə lər /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or arranged in a table or systematic arrangement by columns, rows, etc., as statistics.

  2. ascertained from or computed by the use of tables.

  3. having the form of a table, tablet, or tablature.

  4. flat and expansive, as tableland or a plateau.

tabular British  
/ ˈtæbjʊlə /

adjective

  1. arranged in systematic or table form

  2. calculated from or by means of a table

  3. like a table in form; flat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • nontabular adjective
  • nontabularly adverb
  • tabularly adverb

Etymology

Origin of tabular

First recorded in 1650–60, tabular is from the Latin word tabulāris pertaining to a board or tablet. See table, -ar 1

Explanation

Anything tabular is arranged in a table, with rows and columns. Sports statistics are usually presented in a tabular format. A table is a chart that organizes information in rows and columns. Information presented in a table format is tabular. However, if tabular makes you think of a piece of furniture, you aren’t wrong. Tabular can also describe something that is flat like a table.

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Example Sentences

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I run those through AI to convert into clean tabular data needed to do our taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

The circular shape at its heart in this case comes from a ring of benzene, and it is termed planar because it comes in thin, tabular lamination shapes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

But the tabular berg didn't move far from the coast before its deep keel anchored it rigidly to the Weddell's bottom-muds.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2023

These tabular behemoths get drawn up from the White Continent on strong currents, only for their keels to then catch in the shallows of the continental shelf that surrounds the remote island.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2020

The swell crashing on the windward side of the great blue tabular icebergs threw spray sixty feet into the air and down onto the boats, where it froze on the men.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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