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numerate

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, nu·mer·at·ed, nu·mer·at·ing.

to represent numbers by symbols.
enumerate ( def 2 ).

adjective

able to use or understand numerical techniques of mathematics.

numerate

adjective

See literate
able to use numbers, esp in arithmetical operations Compare literate

verb

to read (a numerical expression)
See enumerate
a less common word for enumerate

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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.

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One man is singularly literate, the other exceptionally numerate.

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

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