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
- The squawk code is a four digit octal number.
- The number of phrase is encoded with numbers.
- The number of SRAMs depended on the amount of cache.
- The reverse of number four is the actually the same.
- The pentad was a Pythagorean term for the number five.
- Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four.
- The number of rays in the brooches varies between five and twelve.
- The number of the krisnitorya is impair, usually between five and eleven.
- Basic Chromosome Number of Four in the Subfamily Panicoideae of the Gramineae.
- The amount per blob increases in increments determined on the number of tricks.
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