countification

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noun

The conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form.

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Meanings

nouncountification (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablehuman sciencesThe conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form.

    1969, The Yugoslav Serbo-Croatian-English Contrastive Project With some mass and abstract nouns, "countification" is accompanied by a shift of meaning: paper (SC papir) vs. a paper (SC novine, dokument)...

    2 more examples

    The use of A with GRAIN gives the class membership of the item and illustrates the "countification" of mass nouns, with the deletion of the understood "type(s) of."

    1995, Marilyn Martin, “Article question redux”, in bit.listserv.tesl-l (Usenet)

    The countification of e-mail mirrors some other recent developments in tech-talk.

    2010 May 24, Ben Zimmer, New York Times

Origin

From count + -ification.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countification.

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