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countification

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • 1969, The Yugoslav Serbo-Croatian-English Contrastive Project With some mass and abstract nouns, "countification" is accompanied by a shift of meaning: paper (SC papir) vs. a paper (SC novine, dokument)...

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From count + -ification.