numerate

English

Etymology 1

From Latin numerātus, past participle of numerō.

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US): enPR: no͞oʹmə-rāt, IPA^(key): /ˈnuːməɹeɪt/

Verb

numerate (third-person singular simple present numerates, present participle numerating, simple past and past participle numerated)

1. (transitive) to count

Synonyms

• (count): count, enumerate, number; see also Thesaurus:count

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin numerus +‎ -ate, by analogy with literate.

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːməɹət/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• (US): enPR: no͞oʹmə-rĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈnuːməɹət/

Adjective

numerate (comparative more numerate, superlative most numerate)

1. 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.

Related terms

• numeracy

Translations

References

Anagrams

• munerate, true name

Italian

Verb

numerate

1. inflection of numerare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Latin

Participle

numerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of numerātus

Spanish

Verb

numerate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of numerar combined with te