Meaning & use

tabulate

verb·Academic

To arrange data or figures systematically in rows and columns for easy comparison.

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The clerk tabulated the votes from each precinct before announcing the results.

Students were asked to tabulate their survey responses before writing the analysis.

A note on using this word

Tabulate specifically implies organizing information into a table, distinct from simply 'listing' or 'recording' it.

Words with a similar meaning

chartlist

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