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# {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|psychology}} To [[judge]] (the [[number]] of [[object]]s in a [[group]]) [[rapidly]], [[accurately]] and [[confidently]] without [[count]]ing them. {{defdate|from 1949}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|psychology}} To [[judge]] (the [[number]] of [[object]]s in a [[group]]) [[rapidly]], [[accurately]] and [[confidently]] without [[count]]ing them. {{defdate|from 1949}}
#* '''2002''', Kelly S. Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher, Susan Cohen Levine, ''Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood'', Oxford University Press ({{ISBN|9780195344165}}), page 47:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Kelly S. Mix|author2=Janellen Huttenlocher|author3=Susan Cohen Levine|title=Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195344165|page=47
#*: Previous researchers have noted a similarity between the set sizes that adults can estimate rapidly, or '''subitize''', and the set sizes that infants can discriminate: both are less than five items. This similarity has led some to suggest that '''subitizing''' is {{...}}
|passage=Previous researchers have noted a similarity between the set sizes that adults can estimate rapidly, or '''subitize''', and the set sizes that infants can discriminate: both are less than five items. This similarity has led some to suggest that '''subitizing''' is {{...}}}}
#* '''2016''', Jennifer Taylor-Cox, ''Math Intervention P–2: Building Number Power with Formative Assessments, Differentiation, and Games, Grades PreK–2'', Routledge ({{ISBN|9781317426202}}), page 52:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2016|author=Jennifer Taylor-Cox|title=Math Intervention P–2: Building Number Power with Formative Assessments, Differentiation, and Games, Grades PreK–2|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317426202|page=52
#*: When students '''subitize''', they know how many because the arrangement is familiar and/or friendly. While recent information about the benefits of teaching '''subitizing''' has surfaced (Clements, 1999), early use of the term appeared more than {{...}}
|passage=When students '''subitize''', they know how many because the arrangement is familiar and/or friendly. While recent information about the benefits of teaching '''subitizing''' has surfaced (Clements, 1999), early use of the term appeared more than {{...}}}}


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English

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Etymology

From Latin subitus (“sudden; unexpected”) +‎ -ize, from the feeling of immediately knowing the number of items present.

Pronunciation

Verb

subitize (third-person singular simple present subitizes, present participle subitizing, simple past and past participle subitized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To judge (the number of objects in a group) rapidly, accurately and confidently without counting them. [from 1949]
    • 2002, Kelly S. Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher, Susan Cohen Levine, Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47:
      Previous researchers have noted a similarity between the set sizes that adults can estimate rapidly, or subitize, and the set sizes that infants can discriminate: both are less than five items. This similarity has led some to suggest that subitizing is […]
    • 2016, Jennifer Taylor-Cox, Math Intervention P–2: Building Number Power with Formative Assessments, Differentiation, and Games, Grades PreK–2, Routledge, →ISBN, page 52:
      When students subitize, they know how many because the arrangement is familiar and/or friendly. While recent information about the benefits of teaching subitizing has surfaced (Clements, 1999), early use of the term appeared more than […]

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See also

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