English adjective: numerate | |||
1. | numerate able to understand and use numbers | ||
See also | educated | ||
Attribute | numeracy | ||
Antonyms | innumerate | ||
English verb: numerate | |||
1. | numerate (communication) determine the number or amount of | ||
Samples | Can you count the books on your shelf?. Count your change. | ||
Synonyms | count, enumerate, number | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ascertain, determine, find, find out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | add, add together, add up, census, miscount, recount, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up | ||
2. | numerate (cognition) read out loud as words written numbers | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | read | ||