单词 | numerate |
释义 | † numerateadj.1 Obsolete. Numbered; counted. Frequently as past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > numbered or reckoned annumerate?a1475 numerate?a1475 numbered1528 counted1597 computed1680 numerated1681 tallied1830 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 115 In the tyme of whom lxxxti c ml. citesynnes..were numerate [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. were i-founde; L. inventa sunt] in the cite of Rome. 1484 in W. Fraser Stirlings of Keir (1858) 252 To pay..the soume of tua hundreth mercis..in money numerat and tauld. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 55v Ten Mulȝeoun Of fine reid gold in hand weill numerait. 1580 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1901) XXI. 545 In numerat money..the sowme of tua hundreth fourscoir aucht pundis. ?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. N2 Thir beists..May esilie be numerat, The calcull is bot small. 1623 Disposition Ratified in W. Macfarlane Geneal. Coll. (1900) (Sc. Hist. Soc.) II. 114 The saids Earle's paying in numerate Money..the Sum [etc.]. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 88 If the Monads are equall in number to all numerate things. 1693 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 556 Whether what he gave Seaforth in numerate money was bona fide payment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). numerateadj.2 Competent in the basic principles of mathematics, esp. arithmetic; able to understand and work with numbers. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [adjective] > skilled in studying or teaching mathematical1522 mathematica1680 numerate1959 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > acquainted with basics numerate1959 1959 15 to 18: Rep. Cent. Advisory Council for Educ. (Eng.) (Min. of Educ.) I. xxv. 269 Little is done to make science specialists more ‘literate’ than they were when they left the Fifth Form and nothing to make arts specialists more ‘numerate’, if we may coin a word to represent the mirror image of literacy. 1967 C. Berners-Lee in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. 8 The ability to communicate easily with a computer is one which is greatly prized by all numerate professionals in the larger commercial and industrial organizations and in the universities. 1971 Country Life 20 May 1264/2 It has been my impression..that..children are much less literate and numerate than ever before. 1993 Spy (N.Y.) Apr. 17/1 He and a handful of his highly numerate colleagues would..go up to the corporate dining room to..play liar's poker until the wee hours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). numeratev. transitive. To number, compute, or calculate; to enumerate (things, etc.). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] rimeeOE arimec885 atellc885 talec897 i-telle971 tellOE readc1225 reckon?c1225 aima1375 numbera1382 denumber1382 accounta1393 casta1400 countc1400 umberc1400 ascribe1432 annumerate?a1475 to sum upa1475 annumbera1500 ennumber1535 reckon?1537 tally1542 compute1579 recount1581 rate1599 catalogize1602 to add up1611 suma1616 enumeratea1649 numerate1657 to run up1830 to figure out1834 figure1854 to count up1872 enumer1936 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Bbb3v* Elaterium is numerated among mochlical Medicaments. 1671 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1910) 3rd Ser. III. 345 George Scott..and divers others whom it were tedious to numerat. 1751 Gentleman's Mag. 21 61/2 In this manner he numerates his long series of numbers. 1788 T. Taylor Diss. Platonic Doctr. Ideas in tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. p. xv So far as by a discursive operation of the soul, we numerate, we effect a particular quantum. 1832 E. Brydges Lake of Geneva I. i. 32 Beyond the counter's skill to numerate, Thou reachest,—and then down again once more. 1850 J. B. Clutterbuck Port Phillip iii. 44 Besides the fish above numerated, are the Schnapper, black-fish and eel. 1862 G. C. Lewis Astron. Anc. 240 The simple mode of numerating them in one series from the beginning to the end of the month. 1874 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 98 To number is to numerate, to count, and a number is that which can be counted or reckoned. 1900 Pall Mall Mag. Sept.–Dec. 216 I have not numerated Noël's birthday presents, because I wish to leave something to the imagination of my young readers. 1938 Science 3 June 396 We numerate the irreducible clusters in any order from 1 to m, where m is the total number of irreducible clusters. 1979 Business Week (Nexis) 26 Feb. 65 More than 90% of Japanese raw materials and other imports are numerated and funded in dollars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1?a1475adj.21959v.1657 |
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