tabulate

American  

[tab-yuh-leyt, tab-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈtæb yəˌleɪt, ˈtæb yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

tabulated, tabulating

1. to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.

   Synonyms:

   classify, group, sort, rank, order

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verb (used without object)

tabulated, tabulating

1. to operate the tab key on a typewriter; to tab.

adjective

1. shaped like a table or tablet; tabular.

2. having transverse septae, as certain corals.

tabulate British  

verb

1. Also: tabularize.  to set out, arrange, or write in tabular form

2. to form or cut with a flat surface

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adjective

1. having a flat surface

2. (of certain corals) having transverse skeletal plates

Other Word Forms

• nontabulated adjective
• pretabulate verb (used with object)
• pretabulation noun
• retabulate verb (used with object)
• tabulable adjective
• tabulation noun
• untabulable adjective
• untabulated adjective

Etymology

Origin of tabulate

1590–1600; (adj.) < Late Latin tabulātus, past participle of tabulāre to fit with planks, floor; table, -ate ¹; (v.) < Latin tabul ( a ), for table + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

It is part of the Labor Department but operates independently, relying on nonpartisan staff economists who tabulate the numbers without input from the commissioner, the agency’s only political appointee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Counting ballots involves feeding each one into electronic scanners that tabulate their results.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

It has 20 scanners to tabulate ballots, all of which will be running on election night.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

The state party will tabulate results from all the precincts and release the statewide totals to the public.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

In addition, I mentioned factors disqualifying big mammalian candidates for domestication, but I did not tabulate how many candidates are disqualified by each factor on each continent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond