tal·ly (t l  )n. pl. tal·lies 1. A reckoning or score. 2. a. A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score. b. A stick on which notches were formerly made to keep a record of amounts paid or owed. 3. A mark used in recording a number of acts or objects, most often in series of five, consisting of four vertical lines canceled diagonally or horizontally by a fifth line. 4. A label, ticket, or piece of metal or wood used for identification or classification, especially in gardens and greenhouses. 5. Something that is very similar or corresponds to something else; a double or counterpart. 6. Nautical A metal plate attached to a ship's machinery and bearing instructions for its use. v. tal·lied, tal·ly·ing, tal·lies v.tr. 1. To reckon or count. 2. To record by making a mark. 3. Sports & Games To score (a point or goal) in a game or contest. 4. To label, as with a ticket, for identification or classification. 5. To cause to correspond or agree. v.intr. 1. To be alike; correspond or agree: The report tallies with your description of the accident. 2. To keep score. 3. Sports & Games To score a point or goal in a game or contest. [Middle English taly, from Anglo-Norman tallie, from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin t  lea, stick.] |
tally
Verb
[-lies, -lying, -lied]
1. to agree with or be consistent with something else: this description didn't seem to me to tally with what we saw
2. to keep score
Noun
pl -lies
1. any record of debit, credit, the score in a game, etc.
2. an identifying label or mark
3. a stick used (esp. formerly) as a record of the amount of a debt according to the notches cut in it [Latin talea a stick]
Tally a number, group, or series, 1674; a unit of measure, sometimes, five dozen objects.
Examples: tally of cabbage, 1891; of cauliflowers, 1883; of hops, 1868; of marrows, 1891; of squirary (young squires), 1327; of turnips (five dozen bunches), 1851.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tally - a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"score - the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team unearned run - a run that was scored as a result of an error by the other team rbi, run batted in - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" |
| 2. | tally - a bill for an amount due | |
| 3. |  tally - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"investigating, investigation - the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically blood count - the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample countdown - counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle) miscount - an inaccurate count poll - the counting of votes (as in an election) recount - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election sperm count - the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate | |
| Verb | 1. | tally - 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" consist - be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" look - accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" answer - match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" coincide - be the same; "our views on this matter coincided" align - be or come into adjustment with correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?" parallel - be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" twin, duplicate, parallel - duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another" bear out, underpin, corroborate, support - support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" homologize - be homologous; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" adhere - be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules" |
| 2. | tally - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" par - make a score (on a hole) equal to par shoot - score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal" convert - score (a spare) convert - complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw" convert - score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won" homer - hit a home run gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" kick - make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" eagle - shoot in two strokes under par hole up - score a hole in one ace - score an ace against; "He aced his opponents" walk - obtain a base on balls | |
| 3. | tally - keep score, as in games | |
| 4. |  tally - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"add together, add - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!" |
tally
Translations
tally [ˈtælɪ] n [of marks, amounts etc] → aktueller Stand m
vi to tally (with) (figures, stories etc) → übereinstimmen mit;
tally [ˈtælɪ] n → conto, conteggio
vi to tally (with) → corrispondere (a);
to keep a tally of sth → tener il conto di qc
n tally [ˈtӕli]
an account He kept a tally of all the work he did. rekening سِجِل الحَوادِث اليَوْمِيَّه отчет evidence regnskab die Rechnung λογαριασμός cuenta (llevar la cuenta), registro arvestus حساب tili compte תוֹאֵם लेखा račun, obračun elszámolás hitungan skrá, listi contrassegno 記録 계산, 기록 apskaita uzskaite catatan aantekening regnskap, (opp)telling zapis, rejestr, ewidencja registo socoteală учёт evidencia račun evidencija []räkning การบันทึกจำนวน hesap tutma, çetele 記錄，記帳 рахунок حساب bảng liệt kê 记录，记帐
v
(often withwith) to agree or match Their stories tally; His story tallies with mine. stem ooreen يَتلائم، يَتَوافَق съответствам (си) shodovat se passe med übereinstimmen συμφωνώ, συμπίπτω concordar (con), cuadrar sobima, klappima مطابق بودن täsmätä correspondre (à) לְהַתאִים से मेल खाना, के अनुरूप होना slagati se, odgovarati egyezik cocok stemma corrispondere 合う 꼭 들어맞다 atitikti, neprieštarauti sakrist; saskanēt salaras overeenkomen stemme overens zgadzać się coincidir a se potrivi (cu) совпадать zhodovať sa ustrezati podudarati se stämma överens เข้ากันได้กับ uymak, birbirini tutmak 符合 відповідати, збігатися موافقت رکھنا phù hợp 符合
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