Number - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈnʌmbər|  American pronunciation of the word number
Brit.  |ˈnʌmbə|  British pronunciation of the word number

noun

- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals (syn: figure)
the number of parameters is small
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
every number has a unique position in the sequence
- a short performance that is part of a longer program (syn: act, bit, routine, turn)
it was one of the best numbers he ever did
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
he has an unlisted number
- a symbol used to represent a number (syn: numeral)
- one of a series published periodically (syn: issue)
- a select company of people
I hope to become one of their number before I die
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
she refused to give them her Social Security number
- a clothing measurement
a number 13 shoe
- a numbered item in a series
take the number 2 to the main square, then change to the number 5
- 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
- an item of clothing
she preferred the black nylon number
this sweater is an all-wool number

verb

- add up in number or quantity (syn: add up, amount, come, total)
- give numbers to
You should number the pages of the thesis
- enumerate (syn: list)
We must number the names of the great mathematicians
- put into a group (syn: count)
- determine the number or amount of (syn: count, enumerate, numerate)
- place a limit on the number of (syn: keep down)

Extra examples

The numbers and letters on a license plate

A three-digit number like 429

Think of a number between one and one hundred.

The number 7{frac3 is greater than the number 7.25.

2, 4, 6, and 8 are even numbers; 1, 3, 5, and 7 are odd numbers.

Never give out your credit card number to anyone over the phone.

What's the account number on your electricity bill?

The page numbers are on the top corner of each page.

Today's winning lottery numbers are 17, 8, and 46.

I'm waiting for the number 3 bus.

She numbers and arranges the photographs according to when they were taken.

Each print is signed and numbered by the artist.

The team's coach bought all the players numbered jerseys.

In that year, European settlers in the area numbered nearly 15,000.

The animal, which once numbered in the millions, is now extinct.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: number
he/she/it: numbers
present participle: numbering
past tense: numbered
past participle: numbered
noun
singular: number
plural: numbers
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