tabulate
part of speech
verb (tabulate, tabulates, tabulated, tabulating)
meaning for a pupil
To tabulate information is to arrange it in a table, in rows and columns, so it is easy to read and compare. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths and science lessons, pupils tabulate results: they collect data from an experiment or survey and put it in a table before drawing a graph. Phrases: «tabulate the results», «tabulate the data».
examples
- We tabulated the results of our plant experiment. tree →
- Tabulate how many pets each pupil has. tree →
- The scientist tabulated the temperatures for each day. tree →
- First tabulate the data, then draw a bar chart. tree →
- The survey answers were tabulated by the computer. tree →
- She tabulated her pocket money spending in a notebook. tree →
note
Formal school word; you can also say «put in a table». Noun: «tabulation». In maths, tabulating makes totals and differences easy to see: add the column to find the total.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tabulate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.