Definition
Meaning of 'number'
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. [ n.]- 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]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a clothing measurement
- a clothing measurement
Example in sentence:
- a number 13 shoe
Meaning (2):
- a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
2. number [ v]
[ v]Meaning (13):
- determine the number or amount of
- 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
- 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
- add up in number or quantity
Example in sentence:
- The bill came to $2,000;
- The bills amounted to $2,000
Meaning (16):
- enumerate
- enumerate
Example in sentence:
- We must number the names of the great mathematicians
Meaning (17):
- give numbers to
- give numbers to
Example in sentence:
- You should number the pages of the thesis
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