Tally (Verb)
Meaning 1
Keep score, as in games.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She was responsible for tallying the points during the tournament to determine the winner.
- The scorekeeper will tally the votes to determine who will move on to the next round of the competition.
- Please tally the number of questions each team answered correctly to see who wins.
- He carefully tallied the scores from each game to find the overall leader.
- We need to keep a scoreboard to tally the goals and assists made by each player throughout the season.
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Meaning 2
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The accounts you gave in court aren't going to tally with the evidence against you.
- Her story doesn't quite tally with what eyewitnesses described.
- The sales figures for the two stores should tally with each other at the end of the month.
- On further inspection, the fingerprint didn't tally with any known prints in the system.
- The data should tally with the results of the experiment to be reliable.
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Meaning 3
Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- Tally the total number of people in both households to calculate the combined family size.
- To arrive at the total population, tally the census data from all relevant cities and towns.
- We need to tally the number of hours worked by all employees this month for payroll purposes.
- The election committee will tally the votes from each voting station to determine the winner.
- Tally the stock of each bookstore in the chain to get an approximate overall inventory count.
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Meaning 4
Gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season".
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- The home team continued to tally as their powerhouse offense drove in run after run tonight at the stadium.
- By hitting a home run, Johnson helped his team tally much needed points on the scoreboard.
- Smith's exceptional performance at the plate allowed him to tally numerous hits throughout the season.
- He hit .300 in the past season and expected to continue to tally hits in the upcoming games.
- Tallying four runs in the final inning, the visiting team secured an unexpected comeback.