numerate

/ˈnumərət/

Other forms: numerated

To numerate is to count, number, or list. You might numerate your ten New Year's resolutions, starting with number one.

As a verb, numerate is often used as a less-common synonym for enumerate, "to name in a list." You can also use this word as an adjective to mean "fluent in understanding numbers." If you're literate, you can read, and if you're numerate, you can count, add, subtract, and generally use numbers. The Latin root word is numerus, "a number."

Definitions of numerate

1. verb

   determine the number or amount of
   synonyms: count, enumerate, number

   types:

   recount

   count again

   miscount

   count wrongly

   census

   conduct a census

   add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up

   determine the sum of

   type of:

   ascertain, determine, find, find out

   establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
2. verb

   read out loud as words written numbers
   type of:

   read

   look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
3. adjective

   able to understand and use numbers
   synonyms:

   educated

   possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

   antonyms:

   innumerate

   lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods