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countable

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [koun-tuh-buh l]
    • /ˈkaʊn tə bəl/
    • /ˈkaʊn.tə.bl̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koun-tuh-buh l]
    • /ˈkaʊn tə bəl/

Definitions of countable word

  • adjective countable capable of being counted 3
  • adjective countable able to be counted using the natural numbers; finite or denumerable 3
  • adjective countable denoting a count noun 3
  • adjective countable able to be counted. 1
  • adjective countable Mathematics. (of a set) having a finite number of elements. (of a set) having elements that form a one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; denumerable; enumerable. 1
  • adjective countable able to be counted 1
See all 12 definitions of countable

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Origin of countable

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English. See count1, -able

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Parts of speech for Countable

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Countable

countable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for countable

adj countable

  • accountable — If you are accountable to someone for something that you do, you are responsible for it and must be prepared to justify your actions to that person.
  • computable — computability theory
  • measurable — capable of being measured.
  • predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
  • ascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
All 8 Synonyms of countable

Antonyms for countable

adj countable

  • incalculable — very numerous or great.
  • inestimable — incapable of being estimated or assessed.
  • uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.

adjective countable

All 4 Antonyms of countable

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  • axiom of countability

    the property satisfied by a topological space in which the neighborhood system of each point has a base consisting of a countable number of neighborhoods (first axiom of countability) or the property satisfied by a topological space that has a base for its topology consisting of a countable number of subsets of the space (second axiom of countability)

  • count noun

    A count noun is a noun such as 'bird', 'chair', or 'year' which has a singular and a plural form and is always used after a determiner in the singular.

  • countably additive function

    a set function that upon operating on the union of a countable number of disjoint sets gives the same result as the sum of the functional values of each set.

  • countably compact set

    a set for which every cover consisting of a countable number of sets has a subcover consisting of a finite number of sets.

  • denumerable

    capable of being put into a one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers; countable
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