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单词 numerable
释义

numerable

[ noo-mer-uh-buhl, nyoo- ]
/ ˈnu mər ə bəl, ˈnyu- /

adjective

capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.

Origin of numerable

1560–70; <Latin numerābilis that can be counted, equivalent to numer(āre) to number + -ābilis-able

OTHER WORDS FROM numerable

nu·mer·a·ble·ness, nounnu·mer·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby numerable

numbing, numbles, numbskull, numdah, numen, numerable, numeracy, numeraire, numeral, numeral system, numerary
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Example sentences from the Web for numerable

  • Jack says in a letter that his beard "was not composed of hair, but hairs as straight and numerable as those in a cat's whiskers."

    In the Days of Poor Richard|Irving Bacheller
  • All things are not coloured, or ponderable, or even extended; but all things are numerable.

    A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
  • By this he did not mean simply that all things were numerable, or that number belonged to them as a predicate.

    Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4)|George Grote
  • There were also commissions to purchase in numerable things, ranging from meerschaum pipes to fine flannel shirts.

    Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6)|John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for numerable

numerable
/ (ˈnjuːmərəbəl) /

adjective

able to be numbered or counted

Derived forms of numerable

numerably, adverb
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