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 Steve Kornacki will offer up analysis on the data tabulated from this summer’s Republican and Democratic national conventions. Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024 For the winter as a whole, in addition to cities like Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee, Des Moines and Albany, dozens of other locations were also in line to set all-time record warm winters, as final data was still being tabulated Friday. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024 But tabulated the new way, with service companies, employee counts totaled 20.2 million. Lydia Belanger, Fortune, 2 July 2024 With the nominations round of Emmy voting done, all that’s left to do is tabulate the choices and reveal the nominees in July. Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for tabulate 

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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 26 Jul. 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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