tabulate

verb

tab·​u·​late ˈta-byə-ˌlāt How to pronounce tabulate (audio)
tabulated; tabulating

transitive verb

1
: to count, record, or list systematically
2
: to put into tabular form
tabulation noun
tabulator noun

Examples of tabulate in a Sentence

A machine is used to tabulate the votes.
Recent Examples on the Web Where does my ballot go to get processed and tabulated in L.A. County? Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024 Some examples given by Microsoft included asking Copilot to tabulate a week’s worth of beverage sales and throw the data in a table view by day. Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024 This showroom in Melbourne, Australia, displayed products from all three of IBM’s founding companies: scales, time recorders, and tabulating machines. IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2024 Following that discussion, caucus-goers will cast their vote via secret ballot, with votes then tabulated and announced to the room. Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024 Marketers are increasingly interested in new ways of tabulating audiences and U.S. media companies, which still rely on Nielsen to do so, are also cobbling new deals with start-ups and rivals that count audiences in new ways. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Dec. 2023 After the results are tabulated, they're recorded on a form by the caucus secretary and announced by the precinct chair and then submitted electronically to the Iowa Republican Party. Caroline Linton, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024 When the final results were tabulated, Trump had won in ninety-eight counties, Haley won one; DeSantis didn’t win any. Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024 For context, 2020 had the most days of at or above 100 degrees, totaling 145 on the year, while 1913 had the fewest, tabulating only 48. The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Latin tabula tablet

First Known Use

1734, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of tabulate was in 1734

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“Tabulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabulate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tabulate

verb
tab·​u·​late ˈtab-yə-ˌlāt How to pronounce tabulate (audio)
tabulated; tabulating
: to count and record in an orderly way
tabulate votes
tabulation noun
tabulator noun

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