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verb (used with object)
1.
to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
verb (used without object)
2.
tab1 (def. 13).
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Tabulating
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Origin:
1590–1600; (adj.) < Late Latin tabulātus, past participle of tabulāre to fit with planks, floor; see table, -ate1; (v.) < Latin tabul(a), for table + -ate1
1590–1600; (adj.) < Late Latin tabulātus, past participle of tabulāre to fit with planks, floor; see table, -ate1; (v.) < Latin tabul(a), for table + -ate1
Related forms
tab·u·la·ble, adjective
tab·u·la·tion, noun
non·tab·u·lat·ed, adjective
pre·tab·u·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
pre·tab·u·la·tion, noun
EXPANDre·tab·u·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
un·tab·u·la·ble, adjective
un·tab·u·lat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. order, rank, sort, group, classify.
1. order, rank, sort, group, classify.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
tabulate
1734, "to put into form of a table," from L. tabula (see table). Tabulation is from 1837.
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