numerate
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Able to understand and use numbers: Possessing basic mathematical skills and the ability to work with numerical information.
- Verb:
- To read out loud as words written numbers: To say a number or series of numbers aloud from their written form.
- To determine the number or amount of; to count: To calculate or find the total quantity of items in a set.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- A numerate population is essential for a modern economy.
- The job requires candidates to be literate and numerate.
- Verb (to read numbers aloud):
- Please numerate the figures in the right-hand column.
- The teacher asked the student to numerate the digits on the page.
- Verb (to count):
- Can you numerate the books on your shelf?
- We need to numerate the votes before announcing the result.
Advanced Usage
- "To be numerate" vs. "To be literate": These terms are often paired. "Literate" refers to the ability to read and write, while "numerate" refers to the ability to understand and work with numbers.
- Basic education aims to make children both literate and numerate.
Variants and Related Words
- Numeracy (n): The skill of understanding and working with numbers; the quality of being numerate.
- Adult education classes often focus on improving literacy and numeracy.
- Numerical (adj): Relating to or expressed as a number or numbers.
- The data was presented in numerical form.
- Innumerate (adj): Lacking basic mathematical skills; not numerate.
- He admitted to being completely innumerate and always used a calculator.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Mathematically literate, number-savvy, arithmetic-proficient.
- Verb (to count): Count, enumerate, tally, calculate, total.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Innumerate.
- Verb (to count): Estimate, guess.
Adjective
- able to understand and use numbers
Verb
- read out loud as words written numbers
- determine the number or amount of
- Can you count the books on your shelf?
- Count your change