ALL meanings of number
num·ber
N n - noun number one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals. 2
- noun number (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity. 1
- 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
- noun number the full count of a collection or company. 1
- noun number a collection or company. 1
- noun number a quantity of individuals: Their number was more than 20,000. 1
- noun number numbers. a considerable amount or quantity; many: Numbers flocked to the city to see the parade. metrical feet; verse. musical periods, measures, or groups of notes. numbers pool (def 1). Informal. the figures representing the actual cost, expense, profit, etc.: We won't make a decision until we see the numbers. Obsolete. arithmetic. 1
- noun number quantity as composed of units: to increase the number of eligible voters. 1
- noun number numerical strength or superiority; complement: The garrison is not up to its full number. 1
- noun number a tune or arrangement for singing or dancing. 1
- noun number a single or distinct performance within a show, as a song or dance: The comic routine followed the dance number. 1
- noun number a single part of a program made up of a group of similar parts: For her third number she played a nocturne. 1
- noun number any of a collection of poems or songs. 1
- noun number a distinct part of an extended musical work or one in a sequence of compositions. 1
- noun number conformity in music or verse to regular beat or measure; rhythm. 1
- noun number a single part of a book published in a series of parts. 1
- noun number a single issue of a periodical: several numbers of a popular magazine. 1
- noun number a code of numerals, letters, or a combination of these assigned to a particular telephone: Did you call the right number? 1
- noun number Grammar. a category of noun, verb, or adjective inflection found in many languages, as English, Latin, and Arabic, used to indicate whether a word has one or more than one referent. There may be a two-way distinction in number, as between singular and plural, three-way, as between singular, dual, and plural, or more. 1
- noun number Informal. person; individual: the attractive number standing at the bar. 1
- noun number Informal. an article of merchandise, especially of wearing apparel, offered for sale: Put those leather numbers in the display window. 1
- noun number mathematics regarded as a science, a basic concept, and a mode of thought: Number is the basis of science. 1
- verb with object number to make numb. 1
- verb without object number to make a total; reach an amount: Casualties numbered in the thousands. 1
- verb without object number to be numbered or included (usually followed by among or with): Several eminent scientists number among his friends. 1
- verb without object number to count. 1
- idioms number by the numbers, according to standard procedure, rules, customs, etc.; orthodoxly; by the book: We're going to run things here by the numbers. together or in unison to a called-out count: calisthenics by the numbers. 1
- idioms number do a number on, Slang. to undermine, defeat, humiliate, or criticize thoroughly: The committee really did a number on the mayor's proposal. to discuss or discourse about, especially in an entertaining way: She could do a number on anything from dentistry to the Bomb. 1
- idioms number do one's number, to give a performance; perform: It's time for you to get on stage and do your number. Slang. to behave in a predictable or customary manner: Whenever I call, he does his number about being too busy to talk. 1
- idioms number get / have someone's number, Informal. to become informed about someone's real motives, character, intentions, etc.: He was only interested in her fortune, but she got his number fast. 1
- idioms number have one's number on it, Slang. to be thought of as the instrument of fate in the death of a person: That bullet had his number on it. 1
- idioms number one's number is (was, will be) up, Slang. one is (was, will be) in serious trouble. one is (was, will be) on the point of death: Convinced that her number was up anyway, she refused to see doctors. 1
- idioms number without number, of unknown or countless number; vast: stars without number. 1
- adjective number deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold. 1
- adjective number manifesting or resembling numbness: a numb sensation. 1
- adjective number incapable of action or of feeling emotion; enervated; prostrate: numb with grief. 1
- adjective number lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent: She was numb to their pleas for mercy. 1
- noun number written numeral, digit 1
- noun number total, aggregate count 1
- noun number assigned identifier 1
- transitive verb number equal, total 1
- transitive verb number assign numbers 1
- transitive verb number count 1
- transitive verb number include 1
- noun number telephone number 1
- noun number magazine series: issue 1