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Meaning of 'number' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Number [ n.]
- 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.
- A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.
- A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
- Numerousness; multitude.
- The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
- Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
- That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
- 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.
- 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.
- To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.
- To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
- 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.
- To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.

Meaning of 'number' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . number [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a clothing measurement
Example in sentence:
  • a number 13 shoe
Meaning (2):
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
Example in sentence:
  • every number has a unique position in the sequence
Meaning (3):
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
Example in sentence:
  • he did his act three times every evening;
  • it was one of the best numbers he ever did;
  • she had a catchy little routine
Meaning (4):
- the number is used in calling a particular telephone
Example in sentence:
  • he has an unlisted number
Meaning (5):
- a symbol used to represent a number
Example in sentence:
  • he learned to write the numerals before he went to school
Meaning (6):
- a select company of people
Example in sentence:
  • I hope to become one of their number before I die
Meaning (7):
- 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)
Example in sentence:
  • in English the subject and the verb must agree in number
Meaning (8):
- one of a series published periodically
Example in sentence:
  • she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Meaning (9):
- an item of clothing
Example in sentence:
  • she preferred the black nylon number;
  • this sweater is an all-wool number
Meaning (10):
- a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • she refused to give them her Social Security number
Meaning (11):
- a numbered item in a series
Example in sentence:
  • take the number 2 to the main square, then change to the number 5
Meaning (12):
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
Example in sentence:
  • the figure was about a thousand;
  • the number of parameters is small
13 . number [ v]
Meaning (13):
- determine the number or amount of
Example in sentence:
  • Can you count the books on your shelf?;
  • Count your change
Meaning (14):
- put into a group
Example in sentence:
  • The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
Meaning (15):
- add up in number or quantity
Example in sentence:
  • The bill came to $2,000;
  • The bills amounted to $2,000
Meaning (16):
- enumerate
Example in sentence:
  • We must number the names of the great mathematicians
Meaning (17):
- give numbers to
Example in sentence:
  • You should number the pages of the thesis

Nearby Words:

numb numbed numbedness numbered numberer numberful numbering numberless numberous numbers

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