tabulate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈtæbjəleɪt/ UK /ˈtæbjʊleɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to arrange data in a table or systematic column form

The clerk will tabulate the survey responses by region.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to arrange data in a table... listtabularizecatalogue chart arrange systematize schedule

Word family

Derived forms tabulationtabulatortabulated

Related forms tabletabulartabula

Etymology

From Latin tabula ('board, tablet, list') + -ate. The verb sense 'to arrange in tabular form' developed in the 19th century.

tabula Latin

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# tabulate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtæbjəleɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtæbjʊleɪt/

## Meanings
1. to arrange data in a table or systematic column form

## Examples
- The clerk will tabulate the survey responses by region.

## Synonyms
- list
- tabularize
- catalogue
- chart
- arrange
- systematize
- schedule

## Derived Forms
- tabulation
- tabulator
- tabulated

## Related Forms
- table
- tabular
- tabula

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tabula

## Etymology
From Latin tabula ('board, tablet, list') + -ate. The verb sense 'to arrange in tabular form' developed in the 19th century.

## AI Etymology
Tabulate is from Latin tabula ('board, tablet, list') + -ate. The verb sense 'to arrange in tabular form' developed in the 19th century. Important recorded forms include tabula (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers to arrange data in a table or systematic column form. The wider family includes derived forms such as tabulation, tabulator, and tabulated and related words such as table, tabular, and tabula.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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