ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tabulate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈtæbjʊleɪt/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Tabulate is a verb meaning (transitive) To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.

Meaning

(transitive) To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To set out as a list; to enumerate, to list.
  2. (transitive, Scotland, obsolete) To enter into an official register or roll.
  3. (transitive) To shape with a flat surface.
  4. (pharmacy, obsolete) A pill, a tablet.
  5. (paleontology) A member of the order Tabulata.
  6. (paleontology) Describing a member of an extinct order of corals, the Tabulata: having tabulae (well-developed horizontal internal partitions within each cell).

Example Sentences

The inevitable deduction from the figures tabulated must be that the material prosperity of the people as a whole is making good progress.
[John] Whethemstede's literary productions show his preference for encyclopedias in which he could tabulate under special headings the limits of his wide reading.
In addition to the evident needs mentioned above there is also a desire to standardize and tabulate results. The same desire in other fields has given rise to intelligence tests, psychological examinations, etc.
Let it be required to Tabulate or lay down this Number 3496. Firſt, from among your Sets of Rods (or out of your Caſe) take four of them, of which let one of them have the Figure 3 at the top thereof, and lay it upon your Tabellet cloſe to the Edge thereof, […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for tabulate

Depending on context, synonyms include recite, catalogue, enumerate, list, tick off, enroll.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tabularize, tabularise, collate, compile, corals, table.

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