numerate

1. 1.

   determine the number or amount of

   “Can you count the books on your shelf?”

   “Count your change”

   Synonymscountnumberenumerate

   Broaderdetermine

   Narrowerrecountmiscountcensustotal
2. 2.

   read out loud as words written numbers

   Broaderread

1. 1.

   able to understand and use numbers

   Antonymsinnumerate

Other forms of numerate

past tense

numerated·

present participle

numerating·

third person

numerates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about numerate

What does numerate mean?

numerate means "determine the number or amount of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in numerate?

numerate has 3 syllables: nu-me-rate. The stress falls on "nu". In IPA it is /ˈnuməɹət/.

What is another word for numerate?

Close synonyms include count, number, enumerate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of numerate?

The recorded antonyms are innumerate.

Is numerate a common word?

numerate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.