NUMBER
\nˈʌmbə], \nˈʌmbə], \n_ˈʌ_m_b_ə]\
Definitions of NUMBER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
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the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"
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a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number"
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one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom"
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enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
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an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
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the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"
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a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
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a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
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a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die"
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give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis"
By Princeton University
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determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
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the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"
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a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number"
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one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom"
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enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
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an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
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(informal) a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
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the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"
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a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.
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A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
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Numerousness; multitude.
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The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
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Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
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The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.
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The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.
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To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
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To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
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To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
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That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; - chiefly used in the plural.
By Oddity Software
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That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.
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A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
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Numerousness; multitude.
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The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
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Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
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The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.
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The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.
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To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
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To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
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To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
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That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; - chiefly used in the plural.
By Noah Webster.
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A unit; one, or more than one; a total of units; multitude; one of a series; in grammar, quality of a word by which it refers to one (singular number), or to more than one (plural number); poetry, meter, or verse: usually in plural; as, he wrote in numbers.
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To count; mark with a number; amount to.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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That by which things are counted or computed: a collection of things: more than one: a unit in counting: a numerical figure: the measure of multiplicity: sounds distributed into harmonies: metre, verse, esp. in pl.: (gram.) the difference in words to express singular or plural:-pl. the 4th book of the Old Test. from its having the numbers of the Israelites.
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To count: to reckon as one of a multitude: to mark with a number: to amount to.
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NUMBERER.
By Daniel Lyons
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A collection of things or persons; a unit; verse; in gram., difference expressing the singular or plural.
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To count; reckon.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To count; reckon; designate by number; amount to.
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A numeral.
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A unit or collection of units.
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The science of numerals.
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Poetic measure; commonly in the plural.
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The form indicating the singular or plural.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A unit; an assemblage of units; more than one; many; a multitude; one of a series; measure, or the order and quantity of syllables constituting feet; verse; the difference of termination of a word, to express unity or plurality.
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To ascertain the units of any sum or multitude; to reckon among; to amount to; to mark with a number.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One, or more than one; many; a multitude; a collection of units or things of the same kind; the variations in the endings of words, as of nouns and verbs, to express sing, or plu.; division of a work published in parts; in the plu. numbers, poetic measure, or verse.
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To reckon as one of a collection or multitude; to count; to calculate.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French, Latin] A series of units or aggregate of quantities;—a single unit ; one of a series ; simple number ;- a particular aggregate of units ;- an indefinite aggregate of units; collection of particulars ; assemblage of individuals ; multitude ;—in grammar, an inflection in the form of a word to signify plurality or unity, called plural or singular number ;- a ticket or badge bearing a distinctive figure ;—a part or division of a book issued in separate portions ;- in poetry, the quantity of syllables or feet in a line or verse ; metrical measure ;- hence, pl. Verse ; song ; poetry.