countable

[ koun-tuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. able to be counted.

  2. Mathematics.

    • (of a set) having a finite number of elements.

    • (of a set) having elements that form a one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; denumerable; enumerable.

Origin of countable

1
1400–50; late Middle English. See count1, -able

Other words from countable

  • count·a·bil·i·ty, count·a·ble·ness, noun
  • count·a·bly, adverb

Words Nearby countable

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How to use countable in a sentence

  • If I'm to be held 'countable he doesn't live here no longer; I know that much.'

    Demos | George Gissing
  • This was not sufficient, because though visible not sufficiently tangible, countable, and tariffable.

  • Bemebibi, chief of the Lesser Isisi, was too fat a man for a dreamer, for visions run with countable ribs and a cough.

    Bones | Edgar Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for countable

countable

/ (ˈkaʊntəbəl) /


adjective
  1. capable of being counted

  2. maths logic able to be counted using the natural numbers; finite or denumerable

  1. linguistics denoting a count noun

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