Countable

Quick meaning: Countable is an adjective meaning Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

Meaning

Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

More Meanings

1. (mathematics, of a set) Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
2. (grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.
3. (grammar) A noun that is countable.

Example Sentences

In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun.

Word Forms

• countables

Synonyms for countable

Depending on context, synonyms include count, calculable, numerable, enumerable, denumerable.

Antonyms for countable

Common opposites include uncountable, countless, numberless, innumerable, unnumberable, unnumbered.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include calculable, enumerable, numerable, denumerable, additivity, ordinals.

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