"numeracy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnjuːməɹəsi/ [UK] Forms: numeracies [plural]
Etymology: From numerate + -acy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|numerate|acy}} numerate + -acy, {{der|en|la|numerus}} Latin numerus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} numeracy (countable and uncountable, plural numeracies)
  1. Numerical skill.
    Competence with mathematics and with how to apply it to practical applications; sufficient ability to think critically in a quantitative way.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: competence Coordinate_terms: literacy
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  2. Numerical skill.
    Ability to manipulate numbers at all, even for the simplest of arithmetic, such as adding two and two.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: competence Coordinate_terms: literacy
    Sense id: en-numeracy-en-noun-5lYnebL6 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: numerate [adjective], innumerate [adjective] Translations (numerical skill): 計算能力 /计算能力 (jìsuàn nénglì) (Chinese Mandarin), laskutaito (Finnish), numératie [Quebec, feminine] (French), Zahlenanalphabetismus [masculine] (German), uimhearthacht [feminine] (Irish), abilità di calcolo (Italian), abilità numerica (Italian), tallkyndighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tallforståelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tallferdighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), umiejętność liczenia [feminine] (Polish), уме́ние счита́ть (uménije sčitátʹ) [neuter] (Russian), математи́ческая гра́мотность (matematíčeskaja grámotnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), числова́я гра́мотность (čislovája grámotnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'numerical skill': 50 50

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