uncountable
Aussprache: [ʌnˈkaʊntəbl]
Wort
Kontext: „grammar“
(adjective) when you cannot count something using numbers. Uncountable nouns are things we cannot say 'one' or 'two' for. They are usually things we think of as a whole or a substance, like water or sugar.
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Milk is uncountable, so we say 'some milk' instead of 'two milks'.
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You cannot count furniture as uncountable because you can say 'three chairs' and 'two tables'.
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Is information an uncountable noun or can I say 'informations'?
Kontext: „mathematics“
(adjective) referring to a set that has no limit or is infinite. This is used when talking about amounts that cannot be counted because they go on forever.
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The possible outcomes in this game are uncountable, as there are endless possibilities.
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The number of students in the classroom is not uncountable; it is exactly twenty.
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Are the solutions to this equation uncountable or can we find a specific answer?
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