countable

[ koun-tuh-buhl ]

/ ˈkaʊn tə bəl /

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adjective

able to be counted.

Mathematics.

(of a set) having a finite number of elements.
(of a set) having elements that form a one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; denumerable; enumerable.

Origin of countable

1400–50; late Middle English. See count¹, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM countable

count·a·bil·i·ty, count·a·ble·ness, nouncount·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby countable

counselling, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, count, countable, countably additive function, countably compact set, count against, countback, countdown

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Example sentences from the Web for countable

This was not sufficient, because though visible not sufficiently tangible, countable, and tariffable.
A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2)|T. Adolphus Trollope
But these were a minority always, generally a very small one, often so small a one as to be countable on the fingers of your hand.
Tom Brown's School Days|Thomas Hughes
While this poor Friedrich-Wilhelm sphere is perhaps still a countable quantity.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Bemebibi, chief of the Lesser Isisi, was too fat a man for a dreamer, for visions run with countable ribs and a cough.
Bones|Edgar Wallace

The lightning came, in one of those broad, sheetlike flickers that seem to irradiate the world for countable seconds.
The Flying Death|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for countable

countable

/ (ˈkaʊntəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being counted

maths logic able to be counted using the natural numbers; finite or denumerable

linguistics denoting a count noun

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单词	countable
释义	countable [ koun-tuh-buhl ] / ˈkaʊn tə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR countable ON THESAURUS.COM adjective able to be counted. Mathematics. (of a set) having a finite number of elements. (of a set) having elements that form a one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; denumerable; enumerable. Origin of countable 1400–50; late Middle English. See count¹, -able OTHER WORDS FROM countable count·a·bil·i·ty, count·a·ble·ness, nouncount·a·bly, adverb Words nearby countable counselling, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, count, countable, countably additive function, countably compact set, count against, countback, countdown Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for countable This was not sufficient, because though visible not sufficiently tangible, countable, and tariffable. A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2)\|T. Adolphus Trollope But these were a minority always, generally a very small one, often so small a one as to be countable on the fingers of your hand. Tom Brown's School Days\|Thomas Hughes While this poor Friedrich-Wilhelm sphere is perhaps still a countable quantity. History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.)\|Thomas Carlyle Bemebibi, chief of the Lesser Isisi, was too fat a man for a dreamer, for visions run with countable ribs and a cough. Bones\|Edgar Wallace The lightning came, in one of those broad, sheetlike flickers that seem to irradiate the world for countable seconds. The Flying Death\|Samuel Hopkins Adams British Dictionary definitions for countable countable / (ˈkaʊntəbəl) / adjective capable of being counted maths logic able to be counted using the natural numbers; finite or denumerable linguistics denoting a count noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to countable accountable, computable, estimable, measurable, predictable, ascertainable, discoverable, foreseeable, reckonable
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countable

adjective

Origin of countable

OTHER WORDS FROM countable

Words nearby countable

Example sentences from the Web for countable

British Dictionary definitions for countable

adjective

Words related to countable