tallying

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of recording, usually numbers, in a tally or list.

  - "During the election, the votes were being tallied."
  - "The accountant was tallying the expenses for the month."

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Synonyms

enumerate , number

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with tallying
valley , melly , jelly , elly

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Variants

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tallied , tallies , tally , tallying

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to count'. Derived from Old French 'taler' meaning 'to count'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'tally' comes from the Old French word 'taler', which means 'to count'.

2. In ancient Egypt, tallies were made by carving notches into the edges of sticks.

3. The word 'tally' is also used in the phrase 'to tally with', which means 'to agree or correspond'.

4. The longest tally mark on record is 32 feet long and was made by a group of students in the United States in 1996.

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Related Concepts

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1. Tally sheet: A document used to record and total data, often used in voting processes and accounting.

2. Tally mark: A mark used to represent one unit in a tally, often made by making a single vertical stroke and then adding a diagonal line to the left or right.

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Culture

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Tallying has been used in various aspects of human life, including voting processes, accounting, and scorekeeping in games.

How to Memorize "tallying"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a long list of numbers and marking a tally mark for each one.
   - Visualize the process of adding up the tallies to get a total.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'tally' with the number 'one'.
   - Think of the word 'tally' as meaning 'count'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Tally is a tall task' to remember the meaning of the word.
   - Create a mental image of a tall person counting.

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