Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. That can be counted; countable: numerable assets.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Capable of being numerated, counted, or reckoned.
- In mathematics, capable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the elements of a progression.
Wiktionary
- adj. Able to be counted; countable.
- adj. mathematics In one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers.
- adj. comparable, nonstandard numerous
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Capable of being numbered or counted.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. that can be counted
Etymologies
- From Latin numerābilis. (Wiktionary)
- Latin numerābilis, from numerāre, to count, from numerus, number; see number. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Once the Microsoft product was copied, Microsoft would have to enforce a privately funded lawsuit, with a private contract court, for any of numerable groups that may be legally copying their product, but violating a private contract twice removed from Microsoft's control.”
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“There were numerable red flags, starting in 2002, that the bank never sought to pin down.”
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“Actors were able to show numerable expressions through the prosthetic devices they wore - an important ability because it meant the difference between watching serious social commentary or watching a cheesy ape B-movie.”
“Mark Soifer, one of the nation'seading publicists, is director of special events and promotion for Ocean City, N.J. His work has brought national media to the resort city to report about the annual Doo-Dah parade, the Miss Crustacean Contest, Martin Z. Mollusk Day (where a hermit crab checks his shadow to determine if summer is coming early), and numerable other suntime fun events.”
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“Also warmer environments will attract those with not much to lose, the homeless are more numerable in warmer environs.”
“In our situation the money did help as I did not need any child care but the tole on our home life was quite numerable.”
“On a cast and blast day, numerable 20 inch browns were caught.”
“Williamson said after numerable meetings with the two sides, the situation in Abyei remained unresolved.”
“There are numerable side-effects of corruption; for instance, it kills trust - in the government, public institutions and companies; it kills development - by stealing public money needed for schools, hospitals, and roads; and it steals financial prosperity - by driving business's into the shadow economy.”
“Her list of accomplishments, degrees, honours and awards fill six typed pages and are too numerable to mention.”
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