numerate
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin numerātus, past participle of numerō.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: no͞oʹmə-rāt, IPA(key): /ˈnuːməɹeɪt/
Verb
editnumerate (third-person singular simple present numerates, present participle numerating, simple past and past participle numerated)
- (transitive) to count
Synonyms
edit- (count): count, enumerate, number; see also Thesaurus:count
Translations
editcount
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin numerus + -ate, by analogy with literate.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːməɹət/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: no͞oʹmə-rĭt, IPA(key): /ˈnuːməɹət/
Adjective
editnumerate (comparative more numerate, superlative most numerate)
- Having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic.
- Antonyms: innumerate, dyscalculic
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 8:
- In these days when the age of pulse was giving way to the age of tone. When the epoch of analogue (which was to say also of the richness of language, of analogy) was giving way to the digital era, the final victory of the numerate over the literate.
Related terms
editTranslations
edithaving the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic
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References
edit- ^ “numerate”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “numerate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
editItalian
editVerb
editnumerate
Latin
editParticiple
editnumerāte
Spanish
editVerb
editnumerate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of numerar combined with te
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