uncountable
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
un- + countable (count + -able)
[edit] Noun
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uncountable (plural uncountables)
- (linguistics) An uncountable noun.
[edit] Adjective
uncountable (not comparable)
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- So many as to be incapable of being counted.
- The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
- (mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
- Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.
- (grammar, of a noun) Describes a meaning of a noun that cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and which therefore takes no plural form. Example: information.
- Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.
- One meaning in law of the supposedly uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Hypernyms
- (set theory): infinite
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
too many to be counted
mathematics: incapable of being enumerated by natural numbers
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linguistics: about a noun which cannot be counted
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[edit] See also
- (mathematics) infinite
- (mathematics) innumerable
- (linguistics) mass noun
- (linguistics) singulare tantum
- Category:Uncountable nouns by language
