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  • 1Countable — Count a*ble ( ? b l), a. Capable of being numbered. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2countable — index appreciable, determinable (ascertainable) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3countable — [ˈkaʊntəb(ə)l] adj linguistics a countable noun is a noun that has a plural and can be used after ‘a when it is singular. Countable nouns are marked ‘[C] in this dictionary Ant: uncountable …

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  • 4countable — adjective Date: 1581 capable of being counted; especially capable of being put into one to one correspondence with the positive integers < a countable set > • countability noun • countably adverb …

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  • 5countable — adj. Countable is used with these nouns: ↑noun …

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  • 6countable — count|a|ble [ kauntəbl ] adjective LINGUISTICS a countable noun is a noun that has a plural and can be used after a when it is singular …

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  • 7countable — adjective a countable noun has both a singular and a plural form see also: count noun, compare uncountable …

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  • 8countable — UK [ˈkaʊntəb(ə)l] / US adjective linguistics a countable noun is a noun that has a plural and can be used after a when it is singular …

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  • 9countable — /ˈkaʊntəbəl/ (say kowntuhbuhl) adjective 1. able to be counted. 2. Mathematics of or relating to a set whose elements can be arranged in an infinite sequence so that each element occurs exactly once: the set of positive integers is a countable&#8230; …

  • 10countable — Ⅰ. count [1] ► VERB 1) determine the total number of. 2) recite numbers in ascending order. 3) take into account; include. 4) regard or be regarded as possessing a quality or fulfilling a role: people she had counted as her friends. 5) be&#8230; …

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