UNCOUNTABLE

Etymology

Adjective

uncountable (not comparable)

So many as to be incapable of being counted.

(mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

(grammar, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.

Synonyms

• (too many to be counted): countless; see also innumerable

• (grammar): non-count

Antonyms

• countable

Hypernyms

• (set theory): infinite

Noun

uncountable (plural uncountables)

(linguistics) An uncountable noun.

Source: Wiktionary



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