numerate

Verb · Adjective
US[noo-muh-ruht]/ˈnumərət/3 syllables
Synonyms: countnumberenumerate

Open English WordNet

Verb (2)numerated, numerating

  1. determine the number or amount of“Can you count the books on your shelf?”“Count your change”Synonyms: countnumberenumerateMore general determine, findMore specific total, recount, miscount, census
  2. read out loud as words written numbersMore general read

Adjective (1)

  1. able to understand and use numbersOpposite innumerateRelates to numeracySee also educated

Related words numerable adjective, enumeration noun, numeration noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Nu′mer·ate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Numerated; present participle & verbal noun Numerating.]

Origin: L. numeratus, p. p. of numerare to count. See Number, verb

Arith. To divide off and read according to the rules of numeration; as, to numerate a row of figures.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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