tabulate

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tabulate

The librarian tabulates the survey results in a large notebook.

Definition
  1. 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.
tabulate

The librarian tabulates the survey results in a large notebook.

Verb
  1. shape or cut with a flat surface
  2. arrange or enter in tabular form

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