countable

[ koun-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. able to be counted.
2. Mathematics.
   1. (of a set) having a finite number of elements.
   2. (of a set) having elements that form a one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers; denumerable; enumerable.

ˈcountable

/ ˈkaʊntəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being counted
2. maths logic able to be counted using the natural numbers; finite or denumerable
3. linguistics denoting a count noun

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of countable¹

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

Example Sentences

I don't believe they are really any relation to Lady Myrtle—at least not anything countable.

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The lightning came, in one of those broad, sheetlike flickers that seem to irradiate the world for countable seconds.

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

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This was not sufficient, because though visible not sufficiently tangible, countable, and tariffable.

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

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