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countification

countification noun: the conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form.

Noun

countification (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form.
    • With some mass and abstract nouns, "countification" is accompanied by a shift of meaning: paper (SC papir) vs. a paper (SC novine, dokument)...1969, The Yugoslav Serbo-Croatian-English Contrastive Project
    • The use of A with GRAIN gives the class membership of the item and illustrates the "countification" of mass nouns, with the deletion of the understood "type(s) of."1995, Marilyn Martin, “Article question redux”, in bit.listserv.tesl-l (Usenet)

Origin of countification

From count + -ification.

Questions about countification

What does countification mean?
Countification means the conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form.
What part of speech is countification?
Countification is a noun.

Words near countification in the dictionary

  1. Countians
  2. counties
  3. counties at large
  4. counties palatinate
  5. counties palatine
  6. countification
  7. countified
  8. countifies
  9. countify
  10. countifying
  11. countin'

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