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numerate

[ verb noo-muh-reyt, nyoo-; adjective noo-mer-it, nyoo- ]

verb (used with object)

, nu·mer·at·ed, nu·mer·at·ing.
  1. to represent numbers by symbols.


adjective

  1. able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.

numerate

adjective

  1. able to use numbers, esp in arithmetical operations Compare literate
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verb

  1. to read (a numerical expression)
  2. a less common word for enumerate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • numer·a·cy noun
  • re·numer·ate verb (used with object) renumerated renumerating
  • un·numer·ated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of numerate1

1400–50; late Middle English: counted, numbered < Latin numerātus (past participle of numerāre to number ), equivalent to numer- number + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of numerate1

C18 (vb): from Latin numerus number + -ate 1, by analogy with literate
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Example Sentences

As well as into writing semi-numerate op-eds about the corporate income tax.

One man is singularly literate, the other exceptionally numerate.

According to my own suppositions, he might have been taught to numerate.

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