tabulate
/'tæbjuleit/
Definition
- Verb:
- To arrange or enter data in a table or systematic, columnar format: This is the primary meaning, referring to the organization of information into rows and columns for clarity and comparison.
- To shape or cut with a flat surface: A more technical or specialized meaning, referring to making something flat or forming it into a plane.
Usage and Examples
Verb (Arrange in a table):
- Please tabulate the survey results so we can analyze the trends easily.
- The software can automatically tabulate the votes from the electronic ballots.
- She spent the afternoon tabulating the financial data into a detailed spreadsheet.
Verb (Shape with a flat surface):
- The geologist explained how certain crystals *tabulate* as they grow.* (This usage is less common in everyday language.)
Advanced Usage
"To tabulate results": A common collocation, especially in academic, scientific, or electoral contexts, meaning to count and organize outcomes systematically.
- The committee will meet to tabulate the results of the election.
"Tabulated data": A frequent adjective form describing information that has been organized into a table.
- The report included several pages of tabulated data for reference.
Variants and Related Words
Tabulation (n): The process or result of arranging data in a table.
- The tabulation of the census data took several months.
Tabular (adj): Having the form of or presented in a table.
- The information is best understood in a tabular format.
Synonyms
- Arrange: To put things in a neat, attractive, or required order.
- Systematize: To arrange according to an organized system; make systematic.
- Chart: To make a map of (an area) or a graphical record of (data).
- Categorize: To place in a particular class or group.
Antonyms
- Scatter: To throw or spread things untidily over a surface or area.
- Disorganize: To disrupt the systematic order or functioning of.
- Jumble: To mix up in a confused or untidy way.
Related Phrases and Contexts
- "Tabulate a report": To compile the findings of a report into a structured, often numerical, table format.
- "Cross-tabulate": In statistics, to tabulate data according to two or more variables to show the relationship between them.
- The researcher will cross-tabulate the responses by age and gender.
Verb
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shape or cut with a flat surface
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arrange or enter in tabular form
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