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NUMERATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to understand and use numbers

Classified under:

Adjectives

Also:

educated (possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge))

Attribute:

numeracy (skill with numbers and mathematics)

Antonym:

innumerate (lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Read out loud as words written numbers

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "numerate" is one way to...):

read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

numeration (naming numbers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine the number or amount of

Example:

Count your change

Synonyms:

count; enumerate; number; numerate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "numerate" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "numerate"):

recount (count again)

miscount (count wrongly)

census (conduct a census)

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

numerable (that can be counted)

numeration (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

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