Countify

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To use as a count noun. rare, transitive

    "We can, for instance, “countify” mass nouns which come to be associated with a standard counter or container. […] Also in distinguishing some particular kind or type of the mass noun substance (by a limiting modifier of some kind), it is possible to readily countify: […]"

Example

More examples

"We can, for instance, “countify” mass nouns which come to be associated with a standard counter or container. […] Also in distinguishing some particular kind or type of the mass noun substance (by a limiting modifier of some kind), it is possible to readily countify: […]"

Etymology

From count + -ify.

Related phrases

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