numerate
/ˈnjuːm(ə)rət
/adjective
Having a good basic knowledge of arithmetic; able to understand and work with numbers: teachers should ensure that their pupils are literate and numerate...
- But there is a minimal number of skills and basic knowledge that make a person numerate.
- You will not find a vice-chancellor who expresses other than contempt for the Conservatives' opposition to top-up fees, nor a numerate politician or sensible policy expert who disagrees with the basic principle.
- I simply don't remember not being literate and numerate, just like I cannot remember not being able to ride a horse, but I suppose that I must have been taught by my parents, who were stickers for some of the oddest traditions.
Origin
1950s: from Latin numerus 'a number', on the pattern of literate..
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