| 单词 | numerate |
| 释义 | numerate (once / 408 pages) vadj To numerate is to count, number, or list. You might numerate your ten New Year's resolutions, starting with number one. As a verb, numerate is often used as a less-common synonym for enumerate, "to name in a list." You can also use this word as an adjective to mean "fluent in understanding numbers." If you're literate, you can read, and if you're numerate, you can count, add, subtract, and generally use numbers. The Latin root word is numerus, "a number." WORD FAMILYnumerate: innumerate, numerable, numeracy, numerated, numeration+/innumerable: innumerableness, innumerably/numerable: denumerable, innumerable, unnumerable/numeration: numerations USAGE EXAMPLESMillions enter the workforce every year who are barely literate or numerate. Economist(Jun 02, 2016) Millions enter the workforce every year who are barely literate or numerate. Economist(Jun 02, 2016) "They won't be numerate or literate in their own language, let alone English," he told Sky News. BBC(May 18, 2016) 1v determine the number or amount of Syn|Hypo|Hyper count, enumerate, number recount count again miscountcount wrongly censusconduct a census add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote updetermine the sum of ascertain, determine, find, find out establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study 2v read out loud as words written numbers Hyper read look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed 3adj able to understand and use numbers Syn|Ant educated possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) innumerate lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods |
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