different between uncountable vs numerable
uncountable
English
Etymology
un- +? countable
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ka?nt?b?l/
Adjective
uncountable (not comparable)
- So many as to be incapable of being counted.
- The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
- (mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
- Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.
- (grammar, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.
- Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
- One meaning in law of the usually uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.
Synonyms
- (too many to be counted): countless; see also Thesaurus:innumerable
- (grammar): non-count
Antonyms
- countable
Hypernyms
- (set theory): infinite
Derived terms
- uncountable noun
- uncountable set
- uncountably
Translations
Noun
uncountable (plural uncountables)
- (grammar) An uncountable noun.
- 1988, Anna Wierzbicka, The Semantics of Grammar (page 440)
- But inherent uncountables such as 'stuffs' can be conceptualized in two different ways, depending on whether they are viewed in terms of quantity or in terms of quality.
- 1988, Anna Wierzbicka, The Semantics of Grammar (page 440)
See also
- (mathematics) infinite
- (mathematics) innumerable
- (linguistics) mass noun
- (linguistics) singulare tantum
- Category:Uncountable nouns by language
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numerable
English
Etymology
From Latin numer?bilis.
Adjective
numerable (comparative more numerable, superlative most numerable)
- Able to be counted; countable.
- (mathematics) In one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers.
- (comparable, nonstandard) numerous
Antonyms
- innumerable
- uncountable
Translations
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin numer?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nume??able/, [nu.me??a.??le]
Adjective
numerable (plural numerables)
- countable; numerable
- Antonyms: innumerable, incontable
numerable From the web:
- what does enumerable mean
- what does numerable
- numerable meaning
- enumerable meaning
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