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cardinal numbers

car·di·nal Num·bers
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kahr-dn-l nuhm-berz]
    • /ˈkɑr dn l ˈnʌm bərz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kahr-dn-l nuhm-berz]
    • /ˈkɑr dn l ˈnʌm bərz/

Definitions of cardinal numbers words

  • noun cardinal numbers Also called cardinal numeral. any of the numbers that express amount, as one, two, three, etc. (distinguished from ordinal number). 1
  • noun cardinal numbers Also called potency, power. Mathematics. a number or symbol analogous to the number of elements in a finite set, being identical for two sets that can be placed into one-to-one correspondence: The cardinal number of the set a1, a2, … an is n. 1
  • noun cardinal numbers plural of cardinal number. 0

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Origin of cardinal numbers

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95

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Parts of speech for Cardinal numbers

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

cardinal numbers popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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