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tabulate

/ˈtæbjəˌleɪt/
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Other forms: tabulated; tabulating; tabulates

To tabulate information is to organize it into a table. If your friend borrows money from you every week, you might want to tabulate what she owes you.

Tabulating is a way of processing information or data by putting it in a table. This doesn't mean the kind of table you eat off of, though. It refers to a table, or chart, with rows and columns. When tabulating, you might have to make calculations. Someone who enjoys tabulating financial information might make a good accountant.

Definitions of tabulate
  1. verb
    arrange or enter in rows and columns
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    type of:
    arrange, set
    adapt for performance in a different way
  2. verb
    shape or cut with a flat surface
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    type of:
    form, shape
    give shape or form to
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