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number

English

  1. 🔊 an item of clothing
    “she preferred the black nylon number”
  2. 🔊 a clothing measurement
    “a number 13 shoe”
  3. 🔊 the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
    “the number of parameters is small”
  4. 🔊 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”
  5. 🔊 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”
  6. 🔊 a numbered item in a series
    “take the number 2 to the main square, then change to the number 5”
  7. 🔊 a select company of people
    “I hope to become one of their number before I die”
  8. 🔊 a concept of quantity involving zero and units
    “every number has a unique position in the sequence”
  9. 🔊 one of a series published periodically
    “she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room”
  10. 🔊 a symbol used to represent a number
    “he learned to write the numerals before he went to school”
  11. 🔊 the number is used in calling a particular telephone
    “he has an unlisted number”
  12. 🔊 a short performance that is part of a longer program
    “he did his act three times every evening”
  13. 🔊 place a limit on the number of
  14. 🔊 enumerate
    “We must number the names of the great mathematicians”
  15. 🔊 give numbers to
    “You should number the pages of the thesis”
  16. 🔊 determine the number or amount of
    “Can you count the books on your shelf?”
  17. 🔊 add up in number or quantity
    “The bills amounted to $2,000”
  18. 🔊 put into a group
    “The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cifra number
  2. 🔊 número number
  3. 🔊 numerar to number
  4. 🔊 guarismo number, digit

Similar words

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