Definition of TABULATE

tabulate

Meanings

Plural: tabulates

Verb

  • arrange or enter in tabular form
  • shape or cut with a flat surface
  • To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.
  • To set out as a list; to enumerate, to list.
  • To enter into an official register or roll.
  • To shape with a flat surface.

Noun

  • A pill, a tablet.
  • A member of the order Tabulata.

Adj

  • Describing a member of an extinct order of corals, the Tabulata: having tabulae (well-developed horizontal internal partitions within each cell).

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin tabulātus (“having a floor; floored”), perfect passive participle of tabulō (“to fit with planks”), from tabula (“board, plank”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (a variant of *steh₂- (“to stand”)) + *-dʰlom (a variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting tools or instruments)). Equivalent to table + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

catalogue, enlist, enroll, enscroll, enumerate, list, put down, put on, recite, register, table, tabularise, tabularize, tabulate, tick off

Scrabble Score: 10

tabulate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tabulate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tabulate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

tabulate is a valid Words With Friends word