numerate
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numerate¹
- /ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/ UK
- /ˈnuːməɹeɪt/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). By surface analysis, Latin numerus + -ate.
verb numerates · numerating · numerated
- To count.
numerate²
- /ˈnjuːməɹət/ UK
- /ˈnuːməɹət/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin numerus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), by analogy with literate. Coined with numeracy in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
adjective more numerate · most numerate
- Having numeracy. In these days when the age of pulse was giving way to the age of tone. When the epoch of analogue (which was to say also of the richness of language, of analogy) was giving way to the digital era, the final victory of the numerate over the literate.
numerate³
Where it comes from
From Middle English numerat, numerate, from Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix, of participial origin)).
adjective
- Numbered; counted. Which Ratification foresaid is granted by Laurence Lord Oliphant and his Foresaids upon the saids Earle’s paying in numerate Money to the said Lord at the Date thereof the Sum of Twenty Nine Thousand Seven Hunder and 24 Mercks Scots […]
