numerate
/ˈnuːməɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 […]"
- "Now if the Monads are equall in number to all numerate things, of which the word One is prædicated, by participation of which Monads every particular is ſaid to be one, there will be infinite Monads thus participated."
- "Whereas Patrick Hepburn of Kingſton, in the county of Haddington, hath advanced to us, by the hands of Col. Lauchlan Maclauchlan of that Ilk, the ſum of 740 l. Sterling, in numerate money of Britain; […]"
Etymology
From Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). By surface analysis, Latin numerus + -ate.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnuːməɹeɪt/
- British English: /ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
numerates (present, singular)
numerating (participle, present)
numerated (participle, past)
numerated (past)
more numerate (comparative)
most numerate (superlative)