Dictionary entry details
• TALLY (noun)
Meaning:
A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
run; tally
Context examples:
the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th / their first tally came in the 3rd inning
Hypernyms ("tally" is a kind of...):
score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tally"):
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)
Meaning:
A bill for an amount due
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
reckoning; tally
Hypernyms ("tally" is a kind of...):
account; bill; invoice (an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered)
Meaning:
The act of counting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
counting; count; enumeration; numeration; tally; reckoning
Context example:
the counting continued for several hours
Hypernyms ("tally" is a kind of...):
investigating; investigation (the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tally"):
sperm count (the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate)
recount (an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election)
poll (the counting of votes (as in an election))
miscount (an inaccurate count)
countdown (counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle))
census; nose count; nosecount (a periodic count of the population)
blood count (the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)
• TALLY (verb)
Meaning:
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
match; jibe; gibe; tally; correspond; agree; fit; check
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "tally" is one way to...):
be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tally"):
resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)
conform to; fit; meet (satisfy a condition or restriction)
homologize (be homologous)
befit; beseem; suit (accord or comport with)
accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)
pattern (form a pattern)
adhere (be compatible or in accordance with)
bear out; corroborate; support; underpin (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm)
square (be compatible with)
duplicate; parallel; twin (duplicate or match)
parallel (be parallel to)
correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)
align (align with; be or come into adjustment)
coincide (be the same)
answer (match or correspond)
look (accord in appearance with)
consist (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous)
rhyme; rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Gain points in a game
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
score; rack up; tally; hit
Context examples:
The home team scored many times / He hit a home run / He hit .300 in the past season
Hypernyms (to "tally" is one way to...):
advance; gain; gain ground; get ahead; make headway; pull ahead; win (obtain advantages, such as points, etc.)
"Tally" entails doing...:
compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tally"):
get; have; make (achieve a point or goal)
equalise; equalize; get even (compensate; make the score equal)
walk (obtain a base on balls)
ace (score an ace against)
hole up (score a hole in one)
eagle (shoot in two strokes under par)
kick (make a goal)
homer (hit a home run)
convert (score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone)
convert (complete successfully)
convert (score (a spare))
shoot (score)
par (make a score (on a hole) equal to par)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Keep score, as in games
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
chalk up; tally
Hypernyms (to "tally" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
"Tally" entails doing...:
count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Determine the sum of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
tote up; tot up; tot; summate; add together; total; sum; add up; sum up; tally; add
Context example:
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Hypernyms (to "tally" is one way to...):
count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
