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English
Etymology 1
From Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). By surface analysis, Latin numerus + -ate.
Pronunciation
Verb
numerate (third-person singular simple present numerates, present participle numerating, simple past and past participle numerated)
- (transitive) to count
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count
- Bulgarian: броя (bg) (broja)
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Etymology 2
From Latin numerus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), by analogy with literate.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
numerate (comparative more numerate, superlative most numerate)
- Having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic.
- Antonyms: innumerate, dyscalculic
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 8: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.
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Italian
Verb
numerate
- inflection of numerare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural past participle
Latin
Participle
numerāte
- vocative masculine singular of numerātus
Spanish
Verb
numerate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of numerar combined with te