| ADJECTIVE | all | numerate | able to understand and use numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | communication | numerate, count, number, enumerate | determine the number or amount of |
| cognition | numerate | read out loud as words written numbers |
| Meaning | able to understand and use numbers. | |
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| Attribute of | numeracy | Skill with numbers and mathematics |
| See also | educated | possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) |
| Opposite | innumerate | lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods |
| Meaning | Determine the number or amount of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | count, number, enumerate | |
| Entailed by | tally, chalk up | Keep score, as in games / games / games |
| Narrower | census | Conduct a census |
| miscount | Count wrongly | |
| recount | Count again | |
| total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up | Determine the sum of | |
| Broader | determine, find, find out, ascertain | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study |
| Spanish | contar, enumerar | |
| Catalan | comptar | |
| Adjectives | numerable | that can be counted |
| Nouns | numeration | the act of counting |
| Meaning | read out loud as words written numbers. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | read | look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed |
| Spanish | numerar | |
| Nouns | numeration | naming numbers |
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