number
IPA: nˈʌmbɝ
noun
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- Quantity.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
verb
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- (transitive, literary or archaic) To count; to determine the quantity of.
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
- (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- (transitive, usually with among) To classify or include (in a group of things)
- (intransitive, usually with among) To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
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Examples of "number" in Sentences
- If I've been given a boring number, don't even bother to do rounding if [$number = 0]; then
- • Changes are usually identified by a number or letter code, termed the \ "revision number\".
- Never try to find _analytic_ date or number words until you _know the material facts connected with the date or number_ before you.
- This is because the predicate ˜@ (number of planets)™ is true, at a world w, of whatever the predicate ˜number of planets™ is true of at the actual world.
- The above expression must therefore be diminished by the number of units in x/4, or by (x/4) _w (this notation being used to denote the quotient, _in a whole number_, that arises from dividing x by 4).
- Finding that I could not eat, the old lady, who was a "Thompsonian," made me a cup of "composition," or "number six;" but it was so strong and hot, that I called it "_number seven_" However, I soon found myself at home in this family.
- But I agree with Mr. Kinnaird perfectly, that the concluding _five hundred_ should be only _conditional_; and for my own sake, I wish it to be added, only in case of your selling a certain number, _that number_ to be fixed by _yourself_.
- And the interaction with the customer rep. led me through several instances of Things I Don't Care About: type of my account, account number (I know my _member number_, but not my account numbers), my phone banking password (I call them once a year, roughly, and they still want me to remember a token for them...) et.c...
- This would result in twelve columns of equal number of cards, as seen in tableau, _but for the following conditions_: In dealing the first eight cards, count them as you deal, from one to eight, and when any card is suitable for a foundation, or to continue a foundation, play it, counting the next card as the _following number_.
- _Adjectives_ express the _qualities_ which distinguish one person or thing from another; in one form they express quality _without comparison_; in another, they express comparison _between two_, or between _one_ and a number taken collectively, -- and in a third they express comparison between _one_ and a _number_ of others taken separately.
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