adj
Meaning 1
Having numeracy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: innumerate, dyscalculic
Broader terms: competent
Standard Lemma guide
numerate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈnjuːməɹət/
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US: no͞oʹmə-rĭt
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US: /ˈnuːməɹət/
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UK: /ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Numbered; counted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To count.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective
Meaning 4
able to understand and use numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: innumerate
verb
Meaning 5
read out loud as words written numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: read
verb
Meaning 6
determine the number or amount of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Can you count the books on your shelf?
- Count your change
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: count, number, enumerate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: determine, find, find out, ascertain
Narrower terms: recount, miscount, census, total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
History
Etymology
From Latin numerus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), by analogy with literate. Coined with numeracy in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
From Middle English numerat, numerate, from Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix, of participial origin)).
From Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). By surface analysis, Latin numerus + -ate.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 有數學能力的 /有数学能力的 (yǒu shùxué nénglì de) — having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic
- Chinese Mandarin: 精通數學的 /精通数学的 (jīngtōng shùxué de) — having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic
- Finnish: laskutaitoinen — having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic
- German: des Rechnens mächtig — having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic
- Irish: uimheartha — having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic
- Russian: математи́чески гра́мотный (matematíčeski grámotnyj) — having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic
- Bulgarian: броя (broja) — count
- Chinese Mandarin: 數數 /数数 (shǔshù) — count
- Chinese Mandarin: 計算 /计算 (jìsuàn) — count
- Finnish: laskea — count