tally — a current score or amount
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a current score or amount
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈtæli/
Example Sentences
- My diet tally shows I ate 47 cookies this week.
- The teacher will tally the test scores tomorrow.
- His excuse tally reached 20 this month.
tally
NOUN[/ˈtæli/]
a current score or amount
💡 Concept
Keeping track of the current score
🎵 Rhyme
Rally in the alley to tally the score!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/ˈtæli/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈtæli/
🌳Etymology
Roottall
Suffix--y
Origin
Derived from Latin 'talea' meaning 'stick' or 'rod'. Historically, people would cut notches into wooden sticks with a knife to keep count, which gave rise to the meaning 'to calculate' or 'to count'.
Breakdown
talea (Latin: stick, rod) → tally (to count or reckon by notches or marks on a stick).
🎵Rhyme
rallysallyalley
rally
sally
alley
🔗Collocations
final tally
tally up
keep a tally
vote tally
running tally
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My diet tally shows I ate 47 cookies this week.”
“The teacher will tally the test scores tomorrow.”
😄 Fun example
“His excuse tally reached 20 this month.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
counttotalsumcalculatescore
Antonyms
estimateguess
Related
recordregistertabulatecensus
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