Countable

//ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A noun that is countable.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being counted; having a quantity. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.; Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers. not-comparable

    "In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun."

Adjective
  1. 1
    that can be counted wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
denumerablecalculablecountcount nouncountable noundenumerable

Example

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""Apple" is a countable noun, so it makes grammatical sense to have five apples."

Etymology

From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.

Related phrases

axiom of countable choicecountable additivitycountable nouncountable setsecond-countablecountably infiniteindefinite articlemass nounnatural numbersplurale tantum

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