What does "uncount" mean?

To deduct from a count; discount or subtract.

Uncount

adj, verb

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Verb

1
To deduct from a count; discount or subtract. ambitransitive
"Children accomplish learning how to count, and then almost immediately they have to learn how to 'uncount', that is, subtract."

Adjective

1
Uncountable. not-comparable
"For example, the term abuse would require at least one definition for the uncount usage ‘invective, insulting language’, and another for the count usage ‘an item of invective, an insult’."

"Children accomplish learning how to count, and then almost immediately they have to learn how to 'uncount', that is, subtract."

Etymology 1

From un- (reversive prefix) + count (“to amount”).

Etymology 2

From un- (“not”) + count (“countable”).

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