noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌtæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of tabulating
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A result of tabulating: a table, displaying data in compact form
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Here is a tabulation of baseless claims made in the last month.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A printout
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The pattern of plates on a dinoflagellate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the act of putting into tabular form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the tabulation of the results
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: investigation, investigating
6
noun
Meaning 6
information set out in tabular form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tabular matter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: information, info
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tabulate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English tabulation From tabulate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Esperanto:
tabo
— the act or process of tabulating
French:
tabulation
— the act or process of tabulating
Italian:
tabulazione
— the act or process of tabulating
Italian:
tabulazioni
— the act or process of tabulating
Manx:
taablaghey
— the act or process of tabulating
Persian:
جدولبندی
(jadval-bandi)
— the act or process of tabulating
Polish:
tabulacja
— the act or process of tabulating
Russian:
табуля́ция
(tabuljácija)
— the act or process of tabulating
Russian:
табули́рование
(tabulírovanije)
— the act or process of tabulating
Spanish:
tabulación
— the act or process of tabulating
Spanish:
tabulador
— the act or process of tabulating
Swedish:
tabulering
— the act or process of tabulating
Tagalog:
pagmamanghad
— the act or process of tabulating