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  • 101number — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A quantity] Syn. amount, sum total, totality, aggregate, whole, whole number, product, measurable quantity, recorded total, estimate, the lot, conglomeration, plenty, manifoldness, plenitude, abundance; see also quantity . 2 …

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  • 102tick off — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To name or specify one by one: enumerate, itemize, list1, numerate. See COUNT, SPECIFIC. II verb See tick …

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  • 103enumerazione — /enumera tsjone/ s.f. [dal lat. enumeratio onis ]. 1. [atto di enumerare: una lunga e. dei nomi dei parenti ] ▶◀ elencazione, (iron., non com.) sciorinamento. ‖ enunciazione. 2. (estens.) [insieme di cose o idee numerate: e. completa,… …

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  • 104literate — lit|e|rate [ˈlıtərıt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: litteratus, from littera; LETTER1] 1.) able to read and write ≠ ↑illiterate →↑numerate 2.) computer literate/musically literate etc able to use computers, understand and play music etc… …

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  • 105number — [13] The etymological notion underlying the word number is probably ‘distribution’. Its ultimate source, Latin numerus, may have been related to Greek némein ‘deal out, distribute’ (source of English nemesis and related to nomad). Numerus passed… …

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  • 106numerato — pl.m. numerati sing.f. numerata pl.f. numerate …

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  • 107numeracy — (n.) 1957, from numerate (adj.), from L. numeratus counted out, from numerus a number (see NUMBER (Cf. number) (n.)) on model of LITERACY (Cf. literacy), etc …

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  • 108abysmal — [[t]əbɪ̱zm(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality. Our abysmal record at producing scientifically trained and numerate manpower will cripple us …

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  • 109computer-literate — ADJ GRADED If someone is computer literate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer. We look for applicants who are numerate, computer literate and energetic self starters. Syn: computerate …

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  • 110innumerate — adj. not numerate, not able to comprehend and use numbers, incapable of doing arithmetic n. innumerate person, one who is not able to comprehend and use numbers, person who is incapable of doing arithmetic …

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