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capable of being easily counted
- The countable number of apples in the basket was ten.
- She sorted the countable coins into separate piles.
- He made a list of all the countable tasks he needed to complete.
- The countable pages in the book made it easy to track progress.
- The countable people attending the event filled the auditorium.
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(grammar)(of a noun) having both singular and plural forms
- In English, "apple" is a countable noun because you can say "an apple" or "three apples."
- She struggled to differentiate between countable and uncountable nouns in her grammar class.
- The word "car" is countable, so you can refer to "a car" or "several cars."
- Countable nouns have distinct singular and plural forms, like "book" and "books."
- They practiced identifying countable nouns in the sentences provided by their teacher.