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- [nuhm-ber]
- /ˈnʌm bər/
- /ˈnʌmbə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nuhm-ber]
- /ˈnʌm bər/
Definitions of number word
- noun number one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals. 2
- noun number a numeral or group of numerals. 1
- noun number the sum, total, count, or aggregate of a collection of units, or the like: A number of people were hurt in the accident. The number of homeless children in the city has risen alarmingly. 1
- noun number a word or symbol, or a combination of words or symbols, used in counting or in noting a total. 1
- noun number the particular numeral assigned to an object so as to designate its place in a series: house number; license number. 1
- noun number a certain collection, company, or quantity not precisely reckoned, but usually considerable or large: I've gone there a number of times. 1
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Origin of number
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; 1940-45 for def 23; (noun) Middle English, variant of nombre < Old French < Latin numerus; (v.) Middle English nombren < Old French nombrer < Latin numerāre (derivative of numerus)
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Parts of speech for Number
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
number popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
number usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for number
verb number
- come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- add up to — If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together.
- total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- amount to — If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
- run to — If you run to someone, you go to them for help or to tell them something.
noun number
- numeral — a word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number; number: the Roman numerals.
- digit — a finger or toe.
- integer — Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.
- figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- statistic — a numerical fact or datum, especially one computed from a sample.
Antonyms for number
verb number
- subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- estimate — Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
- guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
noun number
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- letter — a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
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