NUMBER

number

(noun) an item of clothing; “she preferred the black nylon number”; “this sweater is an all-wool number”

number

(noun) a clothing measurement; “a number 13 shoe”

number, figure

(noun) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; “the number of parameters is small”; “the figure was about a thousand”

number

(noun) 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”

number

(noun) 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”

issue, number

(noun) one of a series published periodically; “she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist’s waiting room”

number

(noun) a numbered item in a series; “take the number 2 to the main square, then change to the number 5”

numeral, number

(noun) a symbol used to represent a number; “he learned to write the numerals before he went to school”

act, routine, number, turn, bit

(noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program; “he did his act three times every evening”; “she had a catchy little routine”; “it was one of the best numbers he ever did”

number

(noun) a select company of people; “I hope to become one of their number before I die”

number

(noun) a concept of quantity involving zero and units; “every number has a unique position in the sequence”

first, number one, number

(noun) the first element in a countable series; “the first of the month”

number, keep down

(verb) place a limit on the number of

number, list

(verb) enumerate; “We must number the names of the great mathematicians”

count, number, enumerate, numerate

(verb) determine the number or amount of; “Can you count the books on your shelf?”; “Count your change”

number

(verb) give numbers to; “You should number the pages of the thesis”

total, number, add up, come, amount

(verb) add up in number or quantity; “The bills amounted to $2,000”; “The bill came to $2,000”

count, number

(verb) put into a group; “The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

number (plural numbers)

(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.

The equation $$e^{i\pi}+1=0$$ includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, $$\pi$$ , $$i$$ , and $$e$$ .

(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 form a dealer.

(dated) An issue of a periodical publication.

A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.

Synonyms

• (grammar): numeral

• (mathematical number): scalar, rime

Hyponyms

• house number

• opposite number

• phone number

• round number

• serial number

• telephone number

(grammar: Hyponyms of "number"):

• adverbial number

• cardinal number (cardinal)

• ordinal number (ordinal)

(mathematics: Hyponyms of "number"):

• complex number

• even number

• fraction

• imaginary number

• integer

• irrational number

• natural number

• negative number

• odd number

• positive number

• prime number

• rational number

• real number

• See also number

Verb

number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)

(transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

(intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.

Etymology 2

Adjective

number

comparative form of numb

Anagrams

• numbre, renumb

Source: Wiktionary

Num"ber, n. Etym: [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to Gr. Numb, Nomad, and cf. Numerate, Numero, Numerous.]

1. 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.

2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many. Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers. Addison.

3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.

4. Numerousness; multitude. Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage. Bacon.

5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable. Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number. 2 Esdras iii. 7.

6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.

7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural. I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. Pope.

8. (Gram.)

Definition: 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.

9. (Math.)

Definition: 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. Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc. See under Abstract, Abundant, etc.

– In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers.

Num"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbered; p. pr & vb. n. Numbering.] Etym: [OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See Number, n.]

1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Gen. xiii. 16.

2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. He was numbered with the transgressors. Is. liii. 12.

3. 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.

4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. Thy tears can not number the dead. Campbell. Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.

Syn.

– To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.

NUMB

Numb, a. Etym: [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. *7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb.]

1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. "A stony image, cold and numb." Shak.

2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.] Shak.

Numb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing.]

Definition: To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden. Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

NUMBER

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Adjective

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