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Able to do maths, working out true mean
Answer for the clue "Able to do maths, working out true mean ", 8 letters:
numerate
Alternative clues for the word numerate
Word definitions for numerate in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ We need someone who's numerate for this job. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He is not even convinced that the head of a financial institution needs to be all that numerate . ▪ Managers use numbers to make decisions and therefore ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1721, "to count," from Latin numeratus "counted out," past participle of numerare "to count, to number," from numerus "a number" (see number ). Related: Numerated ; numerating .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. able to understand and use numbers [ant: innumerate ] v. determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count , number , enumerate ] read out loud as words written numbers
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Having the ability to understand numbers and perform arithmetic. v (context transitive English) to count
Usage examples of numerate.
I was put in that class in order to correct what was considered a stigma and an obstacle to the process of Americanization, which the elementary-school teachers of that era were as much expected to further as they were to make us literate and numerate.
Going right back to the invention of the box score in 1845, and its subsequent improvement in 1859 by a British-born journalist named Henry Chadwick, there had been numerate analysts who saw that baseball, more than other sports, gave you meaningful things to count, and that by counting them you could determine the value of the people who played the game.
Mark was circling the Cadillac uncertainly, utterly engrossed with the pamphlet, muttering aloud as he tried to master the operating instructions and identify the various component parts of the vehicle from the line-drawing and numerated list, when there was a tap on his arm.