See Also: countable(dictionary)
countable(dictionary)

countable (iou)



countable adjective & noun. As adjective also comptable. LME.
[Old French contable (mod. comptable), formed as COUNT verb: see -ABLE.]
A. adjective.
Answerable (to), accountable (for). LME-E19.
Able or fit to be counted; spec. in Math., = DENUMERABLE. LME.
Sensitive to. Only in E17.
Grammar. Of a noun: denoting something of which there is more than one, able to form a plural or be used with an indefinite article. Cf. count noun s.v. COUNT noun1. M20.
b. noun. Grammar. A countable thing, a countable noun. E20.
counta'bility noun the property of being countable L20.
countably adverb (Math.) in a denumerable way E20.