uncount
uncount verb: to deduct from a count; discount or subtract.
Verb
uncount (third-person singular simple present uncounts, present participle uncounting, simple past and past participle uncounted)
- To deduct from a count; discount or subtract.
- Children accomplish learning how to count, and then almost immediately they have to learn how to 'uncount', that is, subtract.2017, Eugenia Cheng, Beyond Infinity
- The jar rocks and falls, allowing the mice to 'uncount' themselves from the jar. The large mouse turns out to be a rock and the snake is left hungry.2019, Sue Pope, Pablo Mayorga, Enriching Mathematics in the Primary Curriculum, page 84
Adjective
uncount (not comparable)
- Uncountable.
- For example, the term abuse would require at least one definition for the uncount usage ‘invective, insulting language’, and another for the count usage ‘an item of invective, an insult’.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 118
Forms of uncount
| third-person singular present | uncounts |
|---|---|
| present participle | uncounting |
| past participle | uncounted |
| past | uncounted |
Origin of uncount
From un- (reversive prefix) + count (“to amount”).
From un- (“not”) + count (“countable”).
Words formed from uncount
Phrases with uncount
Questions about uncount
- What does uncount mean?
- Uncount means to deduct from a count; discount or subtract.
- What part of speech is uncount?
- Uncount can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of uncount?
- The past tense of uncount is uncounted.
Words near uncount in the dictionary
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