English noun: tally | |||
1. | tally (act) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely | ||
Samples | The Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th. Their first tally came in the 3rd inning. | ||
Synonyms | run | ||
Broader (hypernym) | score | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | earned run, rbi, run batted in, unearned run | ||
2. | tally (communication) a bill for an amount due | ||
Synonyms | reckoning | ||
Broader (hypernym) | account, bill, invoice | ||
3. | tally (act) the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | ||
Samples | The counting continued for several hours. | ||
Synonyms | count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning | ||
Broader (hypernym) | investigating, investigation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blood count, census, countdown, miscount, nose count, nosecount, poll, recount, sperm count | ||
English verb: tally | |||
1. | tally (stative) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be, equal | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accord, adhere, agree, align, answer, bear out, befit, beseem, coincide, concord, conform to, consist, consort, correlate, corroborate, duplicate, fit, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, homologize, look, meet, parallel, parallel, pattern, resemble, rhyme, rime, square, suit, support, twin, underpin | ||
Verb group | accord, agree, check, check out, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize | ||
Antonyms | disaccord, discord, disagree | ||
2. | tally (competition) gain points in a game | ||
Samples | The home team scored many times. He hit a home run. He hit .300 in the past season. | ||
Synonyms | hit, rack up, score | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ace, convert, convert, convert, eagle, equalise, equalize, get, get even, have, hole up, homer, kick, make, par, shoot, walk | ||
Entail | compete, contend, vie | ||
3. | tally (communication) keep score, as in games | ||
Synonyms | chalk up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enter, put down, record | ||
Entail | count, enumerate, number, numerate | ||
4. | tally (communication) determine the sum of | ||
Samples | Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town. | ||
Synonyms | add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tot, tot up, total, tote up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | count, enumerate, number, numerate | ||
Verb group | add, add together | ||