tally up
B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To count everything up and find out what the total number is.
Literal meaning: To count (tally) upward to a final sum.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To calculate the total of a set of numbers, scores, or items.
"At the end of the quiz, the host tallied up the scores and announced the winner."
Grammar: separable
2 B2 neutral
To match or correspond correctly; to be consistent with another figure or account.
"The cash in the till doesn't tally up with what the register says."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Used in contexts ranging from scores and votes to costs and inventory. Often used at the end of a period or event. 'Tally up the scores' is a very natural collocation. Also used intransitively: 'the figures don't tally up' (meaning they don't match).
Commonly used with
scores votes costs expenses results points
Forms
Base
tally up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
tallies up
he/she/it
Past simple
tallied up
yesterday
Past participle
tallied up
have + pp
-ing form
tallying up
continuous
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