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Numerical skill.
Competence with mathematics and with how to apply it to practical applications; sufficient ability to think critically in a quantitative way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.
- Numeracy includes such things as comprehending intuitively that a mean can sometimes be vastly different from a median and thus does not always represent a typical specimen, even despite being called "average".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: innumeracy, dyscalculia
Broader terms: competence
Numerical skill.
Ability to manipulate numbers at all, even for the simplest of arithmetic, such as adding two and two.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The man lost all numeracy when he had a stroke, so he now depended on his wife for even the simplest financial matters, such as making change or paying a cashier.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: innumeracy, dyscalculia
Broader terms: competence
skill with numbers and mathematics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
From numerate + -cy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
計算能力 /计算能力
(jìsuàn nénglì)
— numerical skill
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Finnish:
laskutaito
— numerical skill
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French:
numératie
— numerical skill
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German:
Rechenkompetenz
— numerical skill
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Irish:
uimhearthacht
— numerical skill
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Italian:
abilità di calcolo
— numerical skill
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Italian:
abilità numerica
— numerical skill
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tallkyndighet
— numerical skill
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tallforståelse
— numerical skill
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tallferdighet
— numerical skill
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Polish:
umiejętność liczenia
— numerical skill
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Russian:
уме́ние счита́ть
(uménije sčitátʹ)
— numerical skill
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Russian:
математи́ческая гра́мотность
(matematíčeskaja grámotnostʹ)
— numerical skill
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Russian:
числова́я гра́мотность
(čislovája grámotnostʹ)
— numerical skill
