Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncount

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-count
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deduct from a count; discount or subtract.

adj

Example Sentences

"Children accomplish learning how to count, and then almost immediately they have to learn how to 'uncount', that is, subtract."
"The jar rocks and falls, allowing the mice to 'uncount' themselves from the jar. The large mouse turns out to be a rock and the snake is left hungry."
"For example, the term abuse would require at least one definition for the uncount usage ‘invective, insulting language’, and another for the count usage ‘an item of invective, an insult’."

Etymology

From un- (reversive prefix) + count (“to amount”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-, un

Inflected Forms

uncounts (present, singular) uncounting (participle, present) uncounted (participle, past) uncounted (past)

Phrases

uncount noun

Questions

What does uncount mean?: To deduct from a count; discount or subtract.
Where does uncount come from?: From un- (reversive prefix) + count (“to amount”).

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