countability
/kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/
countability noun: the quality of being countable.
Noun
countability (countable and uncountable, plural countabilities)
- The quality of being countable.
- Countability is a property applicable to all English common nouns, yet whether a noun is countable or uncountable is sometimes not as straightforward as it may seem, […]2023, Alice Yin Wa Chan, chapter 5, in The Acquisition of English Grammar and Phonology by Cantonese ESL Learners: Challenges, Causes and Pedagogical Insights, →DOI, →ISBN
- Antonyms:
- uncountability
countability meaning in Malay and Indonesian
countability in Malay
- quality of being countable
- kebolehbilangan
countability in Indonesian
- quality of being countable
- keterhitungan
Antonyms of countability
Forms of countability
| plural | countabilities |
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Origin of countability
From count + -ability.
Words formed from countability
Questions about countability
- What does countability mean?
- Countability means the quality of being countable.
- What is countability in Malay?
- Countability in Malay is kebolehbilangan. See Countability meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is countability?
- Countability is a noun.
- How do you pronounce countability?
- Countability is pronounced /kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/.
- What is the plural of countability?
- The plural of countability is countabilities.
Words near countability in the dictionary
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