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Meaning of "uncountable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNCOUNTABLE

uncountable  [ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNCOUNTABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Uncountable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNCOUNTABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Uncountable set

In mathematics, an uncountable set is an infinite set that contains too many elements to be countable. The uncountability of a set is closely related to its cardinal number: a set is uncountable if its cardinal number is larger than that of the set of all natural numbers.

Definition of uncountable in the English dictionary

The definition of uncountable in the dictionary is too many to be counted; innumerable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNCOUNTABLE


accomptable
əˈkaʊntəbəl
accountable
əˈkaʊntəbəl
countable
ˈkaʊntəbəl
discountable
dɪsˈkaʊntəbəl
insurmountable
ˌɪnsəˈmaʊntəbəl
lamentable
ˈlæməntəbəl
mountable
ˈmaʊntəbəl
paintable
ˈpeɪntəbəl
plantable
ˈplɑːntəbəl
presentable
prɪˈzɛntəbəl
preventable
prɪˈvɛntəbəl
printable
ˈprɪntəbəl
rediscountable
riːˈdɪskaʊntəbəl
rentable
ˈrɛntəbəl
representable
ˌreprɪˈzentəbəl
surmountable
sɜːˈmaʊntəbəl
transplantable
trænsˈplɑːntəbəl
unaccountable
ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl
unprintable
ʌnˈprɪntəbəl
unsurmountable
ˌʌnsɜːˈmaʊntəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNCOUNTABLE

uncorrectable
uncorrected
uncorrelated
uncorroborated
uncorrupt
uncorrupted
uncorseted
uncostly
uncounselled
uncountable noun
uncounted
uncouple
uncoupler
uncourageous
uncourteous
uncourtliness
uncourtly
uncouth
uncouthly
uncouthness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNCOUNTABLE

able
acceptable
adjustable
charitable
comfortable
inevitable
notable
on the table
palatable
portable
profitable
reputable
stable
suitable
table
timetable
unacceptable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of uncountable in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «uncountable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNCOUNTABLE

Find out the translation of uncountable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of uncountable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «uncountable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不可数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incontable
570 millions of speakers

English

uncountable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेशुमार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لا يحصى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несчетное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incontável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অগণ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dénombrable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tidak terkira
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unzählbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

数え切れない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

셀 수없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Uncountable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không đếm được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अगणित नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sayılamaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uncountable
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niepoliczalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незліченну
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ajută
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

uncountable
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontelbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oräkneligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utellelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uncountable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCOUNTABLE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCOUNTABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about uncountable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCOUNTABLE»

Discover the use of uncountable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uncountable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Effective Mathematics of the Uncountable
Although classical computable model theory is most naturally concerned with countable domains, several methods – some old, some new – have extended its basic concepts to uncountable structures. Unlike in the classical case, however, ...
Noam Greenberg, Denis Hirschfeldt, Joel David Hamkins, 2013
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On Nilpotence and Algebraicity in Algebras Over Uncountable ...
Alon Regev. where {fi}i≥0 is an infinite set of homogeneous polynomials of k+〈 x1 ,...,x m〉. Thus A is a graded algebra. The elements f i are chosen in a way that they satisfy two conditions. On the one hand, there are “enough” of them that the  ...
Alon Regev, 2008
3
English in Mind Level 1 Teacher's Resource Book
Elicit another example of an uncountable noun (e.g. bread) and write it below sugar on the board. Then write the headings Countable and Uncountable above each column on the board. Students now open their books at page 47 and read ...
Brian Hart, 2010
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A Course on Borel Sets
The Borel isomorphism theorem says that any two uncountable Borel sets are isomorphic. Are any two analytic non-Borel sets isomorphic? Are any two coanalytic non-Borel sets isomorphic? We discuss these questions now. Exercise 4.9.10 ...
S.M. Srivastava, 1998
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Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar
2) The subjects were then introduced to Distinction 1, which required a review of both the singular-plural and the countable-uncountable dichotomies. The singular-countable versus plural-countable dichotomy, the easier of the two, requires ...
Terence Odlin, 1994
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Handbook of Logic and Proof Techniques for Computer Science
5.8.4. Countable. and. Uncountable. If a set S has the same cardinality as the set N of positive integers, then we say that S is countable. Thus it is immediate that the set N of positive integers is countable.
Steven G. Krantz, 2002
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A (terse) Introduction to Lebesgue Integration
But it is easy to see why it would lead to problems if we allowed uncountable collections. Suppose Ax = (x) is the set consisting of a single point x a [0,1]. Then μ(Ax) = o by property I. But [a,b] is an uncountable set and hence an uncountable  ...
John M. Franks, 2009
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Fine Structure and Class Forcing
We close this section by mentioning without proof some generalizations to the uncountable of Sacks' Theorem (see Sacks [76]), that every countable admissible ordinal greater than co is the least /?-admissible for some real R. Definition.
Sy D. Friedman, 2000
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Introductory Concepts for Abstract Mathematics
CHAPTER 25 UNCOUNTABLE SETS The sets discussed in the preceeding chapter are all countable, that is they are all finite or denumerable. Indeed, we have found that the sets of integers and rational numbers are denumerable. We also ...
Kenneth E. Hummel, 2000
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english grammar for toefl (rev)
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 52-1 Uncountable noun adalah benda yang tidak dapat dihitung. Jika suatu benda tidak dapat dihitung: a. Tidak menggunakan indefinite article di depannya. - 1 need some water. bukan I need a water. - We still ...
Dhany R.Cyssco

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNCOUNTABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uncountable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Counting the uncountable
Counting the uncountable. By Kristy Siegfried. COMMENT; EMAIL; PRINT; EASY READ. SHARE. Photo: D. Rako/UNHCR. Raman, a 27-year-old Roma, was ... «IRINnews.org, Jul 15»
2
Last Night's Game of Thrones Had a Diss to Make Grammar Pedants …
When we have a noun that is deemed 'uncountable', such as milk, and there's not as much as before, it is 'less milk'. If you throw that milk into bottles, then we ... «Gizmodo UK, May 15»
3
A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Cantor Set
I mentioned earlier that it's uncountable. I wrote a bit about uncountability last summer. Countably infinite sets correspond to the ones that can be listed—even ... «Scientific American, Mar 15»
4
Nigeria Decides 2015: Massive Defection!! Painful!! Uncountable
Uncountable Rep's, house of Assembly members, senators, state PDP chairmen, PDP BOT members, former Governors, Former and present PDP NEC and ... «Osun Defender, Mar 15»
5
Uncountable Times Chelsea Handler Went Topless
Chelsea Handler turned 40 Wednesday and to celebrate the occasion, her friend Whitney Cummings shared a photograph of the two of them together. «FilmiBeat, Feb 15»
6
“50 Shades of Grey,” uncountable shades of terrible
Forget the fact that “50 Shades of Grey” is an awful piece of filmmaking and that I almost left within the first ten minutes. Forget that its script is laughable, ... «University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily, Feb 15»
7
Where Is The Goodluck Jonathan Without Shoes By Ken Oloye?
What has the one once without shoes done to better the lives of the poor after we put him in a place where he now enjoys an uncountable number of shoes? «SaharaReporters.com, Dec 14»
8
In the Washington Firmament, Uncountable Czars
In the Washington Firmament, Uncountable Czars. Oct 13, 2014 11:39 AM PDT. Is it time to send a venerable D.C. institution to the ash heap of history? «Bloomberg, Oct 14»
9
Microbe developer's plan to boost agriculture
BioConsortia, which started life in an unassuming lab in Parnell, has raised $15m to turn 'uncountable trillions' of naturally-occurring microbes into useful ... «New Zealand Herald, Oct 14»
10
Seven Weird Things Men Like In Women
Ladies, there are uncountable number of obvious things that make you irresistible for men, but there is also a bunch of weird things that men like about you. «Counsel & Heal, Sep 14»

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