English Explanatory Dictionary

number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Quantity of countable things.
  2. An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
  3. A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
  4. An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
  5. 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.
  6. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
  7. A telephone number.
  8. Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
  9. Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
  10. A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
  11. A group of people.
  12. A person.
verb
  1. To total or count; to amount to.
  2. To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
  3. To count; to determine the quantity of.
  4. To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
  5. To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
  6. To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
  7. To classify or include (in a group of things)
  8. To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
adj
  1. comparative form of numb: more numb
noun
  1. Something that numbs.

Pronunciation

nŭmʹbər /ˈnʌmbər/ [ˈnʌmbə] [ˈnʌ̟mbɚ] en-us-number.ogg [ˈnɐmbɐ] [ˈnʌmbəɾ] no͝omʹbər /ˈnʊmbə/ nŭm'ə /ˈnʌmə/ nŭm'ər /ˈnʌmɚ/ en-us-number-adjective.ogg

Word forms

number numbers nummer numbre numbering numbered

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Anglo-Norman noumbrebor. Middle English nombre English number Inherited from Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ȝetæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.

Synonyms

number scalar rime

Related words

monad pair duo dyad twosome triad threesome foursome fivesome sixsome sevensome eightsome dozen baker’s dozen score mono- di- tri- tetra- penta- hexa- hepta- octa- nona- deca- hendeca- undeca- dodeca- duodeca- trideca- tetradeca- pentadeca- hexadeca- heptadeca- octadeca- enneadeca- icosa- chilia- oligo- poly- uni- bi- quadri- quin- quinque- sexa- duad tetrad pentad hexad hebdomad heptad ogdoad octad ennead nonad decad decade hendecad dodecad

Derived words

abstract analytic number theory additive number theory age ain't nothing but a number age is just a number algebraic number field algebraic number theory algorithmic number theory analytic number theory A number 1 a number of any number of by-the-numbers by the numbers call someone's number cloud number nine color by number color by numbers computational number theory copy number polymorphism copy-number variant copy number variation crunch numbers cushy number denumber do a number on do number one do numbers do number two extended real number system false number 9 file off the serial numbers fixed-point number genuine number eleven geometry of numbers get someone's number have one's number on it have someone's number interesting number paradox law of large numbers look for number one look out for number one lose the number of one's mess make one's number make up the numbers misnumber natural numbers object number 10 number 2 number 2 pencil numberable number close number coding number-cruncher number cruncher number-crunching number crunching number density number eight number eleven numberer

Translations

Southern Altai: тоо Arabic: رَقْم Arabic: نمره Arabic: نمرة Arabic: رقم Armenian: համար Armenian: թիվ Armenian: քանակ Asturian: númberu Azerbaijani: nömrə Basque: zenbaki Belarusian: ну́мар Belarusian: чысло́ Belarusian: ко́лькасць Bengali: নম্বর Breton: niverenn Bulgarian: но́мер Bulgarian: коли́чество Bulgarian: брой Catalan: número Catalan: nombre Chinese Cantonese: 號碼 /号码 Chinese Cantonese: 號 /号 Chinese: хо Chinese: 號碼 /号码 Chinese: 號 /号 Chinese Mandarin: 號碼 /号码 Chinese Mandarin: 號 /号 Chinese Mandarin: 多少 Chinese Mandarin: 數碼 /数码 Czech: číslo Czech: množství Dutch: nummer Dutch: aantal Esperanto: numero Esperanto: nombro Finnish: numero Finnish: lukumäärä Finnish: määrä French: numéro French: nombre Georgian: ნომერი Georgian: რაოდენობა German: Nummer German: Anzahl German: Zahl Greek: αριθμός Greek: νούμερο Greek: ποσότητα Haitian Creole: nimewo Hindi: नंबर Hungarian: -odik Hungarian: -adik Hungarian: -edik Hungarian: -ödik Hungarian: -os Hungarian: -as Hungarian: -es Hungarian: -ös Hungarian: sorszám Hungarian: jelzés Hungarian: számjelzés Hungarian: szám Icelandic: númer Icelandic: fjöldi Ido: numero Ingrian: numeri Italian: numero Italian: quantità Japanese: 番 Japanese: 多寡 Japanese: 数 Kazakh: нөмір Korean: 번호 Korean: 번 Korean: 숫자 Korean: 수량 Kyrgyz: номер Lao: ເລກ Latin: numero Latvian: numurs Latvian: skaits Macedonian: број Macedonian: количество Macedonian: количина Malay: nombor Maltese: numru Mongolian: дугаар
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