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.
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Along with Equifax and Experian, TransUnion is one of the three leading credit reporting agency that collects information about consumers’ financial behavior to tabulate credit scores used by lenders, businesses and other entities. Brian Sloan, CNBC, 16 June 2025 The three mathematicians first needed to tabulate the different patterns of collisions that might occur in their gas, and how likely each of those patterns was. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2025 The preliminary ranked choice voting results will be tabulated and released a week later, and candidate rankings may continue to change as mail ballots are processed. Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025 Smith isn’t one of the NFL’s 30th highest paid tight ends no matter how his salary is tabulated. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tabulate

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 30 Jun. 2025.

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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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