numerate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/    /ˈnuːməɹeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To count. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. 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.
  2. Numbered; counted. not-comparable,obsolete
    — 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 […]

词形变化

numerates present,singular,third-person numerating participle,present numerated participle,past numerated past more numerate comparative most numerate superlative

词源

词源 1
From Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). By surface analysis, Latin numerus + -ate.
词源 2
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.
词源 3
From Middle English numerat, numerate, from Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix, of participial origin)).
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