Countable Definition

countable

English

Etymology

to count + -able

Adjective

Wikipedia Wikipedia

countable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being counted; having a quantity or a numerical attribute.
2. (mathematics, of a set) Having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers.
3. (mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
4. (grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.

Synonyms

• (having a bijection with a subset...): denumerable

Antonyms

• uncountable

Hyponyms

• (having a bijection with a subset...): finite
• (having a bijection with a subset...): countably infinite

Hypernyms

• (countably infinite): infinite

Derived terms

• countable noun
• countable set
• countable additivity

Related terms

• countability

See also

• mass noun
• plurale tantum

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