Word Study
Numerate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Numerate has 2 senses
- numerate(v = verb.communication) count, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" is one way to ascertain, determine, find, find out
- numerate(v = verb.cognition) Array - read out loud as words written numbers; Array is one way to read
Derived forms adjective numerable1, noun numeration2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived form noun numeration1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Adjective Numerate has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Numerate, adj. acquainted with the basic principles of mathematics.
Derivative
numeracy n.
Etymology
L numerus number + -ATE(2) after literate
THESAURUS
Numerate
call off, call over, call the roll, census, count, enumerate, foliate, list, measure, number, page, paginate, poll, quantify, quantize, run over, tale, tally, tell, tick off
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