countable
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- adjective
- /ˈkaʊntəbl/
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contable
- When preparing the report, make sure to list each countable expense separately.
But Turing proved that the set of computable functions is countable.
- But Turing proved that the set of computable functions is countable.
- But that the rational numbers are countable.
- For folks who are narcissistic, it is hard for them to measure people on anything but something that's really countable or quantifiable.
- So any actual sum is not only countable, it's actually finite.
- We didn't know for his water in any way countable.
Examples
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These characteristics enable the organization and experiencing of time as quantitative, and of its durations as exactly divisible, measurable, countable, and therefore comparable.
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The growing importance of numbers in 19th-century colonial contexts was in their ability to provide countable abstractions, to convey large bodies of information, and to enable bureaucratic controls.
Academic text (2010) -
So any actual sum is not only countable, it's actually finite.
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And that was the key thing, changing time from a continuous flow into a series of equal countable chunks.
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The integers are composed of a countable infinity of points.
Blog text (22) -
Generally, trust assets or income are considered countable to the extent they are available to a Medicaid applicant or spouse.
Academic text (1998) -
The countable plates (100-300 colonies) were used to determine the total (CFU/mL) culturable bacteria present in the water samples.
Academic text (2014) -
Content analysis is an empirical approach that identifies countable units in a text, e.g., the number of women in high-status occupations, and then infers meanings and values from the patterns.
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You can have five apples, which makes them countable items.
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In mathematics, the set of natural numbers is an example of a countable set.
Synonyms
Can be counted, like people or objects
Can be counted one by one
A group of things that can be counted in a list like 1, 2, 3
Antonyms
How Countable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word countable comes from the verb count, which comes from an old word meaning 'to add up', and the part -able means 'can be'. So countable means 'can be counted', like apples or books you can list one by one.