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tabulate.

To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtæbjʊleɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtæbjuːˌleɪt/General-American/-jə-/General-American
  1. To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.

    transitive
  2. To set out as a list; to enumerate, to list.

    transitive
  3. To enter into an official register or roll.

    Scotland · obsolete · transitive
  4. To shape with a flat surface.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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).

noun
  1. A pill, a tablet.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Late Latin tabulāta (“thin board, plank, flooring”), or more likely a relatinized version of tablet through tabula.

adj/ˈtæbjʊlət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtæbjuːlət/General-American/-jə-/General-American
  1. Describing a member of an extinct order of corals, the Tabulata: having tabulae (well-developed horizontal internal partitions within each cell).

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from translingual Tabulata (“an extinct order of corals”) on the basis of -ate (adjective-forming suffix, corresponding to Latin -ātus (forming participles), itself seen in Tabulata), from Latin tabulāta, the nominative neuter plural of tabulātus (“floored”). See further at etymology 1. The order is so named because the corals are characterized by their well-developed horizontal internal partitions (tabulae). Equivalent to tabula + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

noun
  1. A member of the order Tabulata.

Where this word comes from

From a substantivation of the former adjective through the associated taxon's name (Tabulata). Equivalent to tabula + -ate (forms nouns meaning "specimen of a corresponding taxon ending in -ata")

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