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tabulate
CIDE DICTIONARY
tabulate, v. t. [L. tabula a table. See Tabular.].
- To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses. [1913 Webster]"A philosophy is not worth the having, unless its results may be tabulated, and put in figures." [1913 Webster]
- To shape with a flat surface. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tabulate, v.tr. arrange (figures or facts) in tabular form.
Derivative
tabulation n.
Etymology
LL tabulare tabulat- f. tabula table
THESAURUS
tabulate
alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, book, break down, calendar, carve, catalog, catalogue, categorize, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, class, classify, codify, cut, digest, divide, docket, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, enumerate, file, fill out, grade, grave, group, impanel, incise, index, inscribe, insert, inventory, itemize, jot down, keep score, list, log, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, minute, note, note down, order, organize, pigeonhole, place, place upon record, poll, post, post up, program, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, range, rank, rate, record, reduce to writing, register, schedule, score, set down, sort, subdivide, systematize, take down, tally, tape, tape-record, type, videotape, write, write down, write in, write out, write upROGET THESAURUS
tabulate
Arrangement
VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.Continuity
VB follow in a series, form a series, fall in, arrange in a series, collate, string together, file, thread, graduate, organize, sort, tabulate.List
VB list, itemize, sort, collate, enumerate, tabulate, catalog, tally.For further exploring for "tabulate" in Webster Dictionary Online