Numerate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Numerate is a verb meaning (transitive) To count.
Meaning
(transitive) To count.
More Meanings
- Having numeracy.
- (obsolete) Numbered; counted.
Example Sentences
Whereas Patrick Hepburn of Kingſton, in the county of Haddington, hath advanced to us, by the hands of Col. Lauchlan Maclauchlan of that Ilk, the ſum of 740 l. Sterling, in numerate money of Britain; […]
Now if the Monads are equall in number to all numerate things, of which the word One is prædicated, by participation of which Monads every particular is ſaid to be one, there will be infinite Monads thus participated.
Which Ratification foresaid is granted by Laurence Lord Oliphant and his Foresaids upon the saids Earle’s paying in numerate Money to the said Lord at the Date thereof the Sum of Twenty Nine Thousand Seven Hunder and 24 Mercks Scots […]
In these days when the age of pulse was giving way to the age of tone. When the epoch of analogue (which was to say also of the richness of language, of analogy) was giving way to the digital era, the final victory of the numerate over the literate.
Word Forms
- numerates
- numerating
- numerated
Synonyms for numerate
Depending on context, synonyms include count, enumerate, number, educated.
Antonyms for numerate
Common opposites include innumerate, dyscalculic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include educated, number, count, denumerate, tell, renumerate.
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