'Number' definitions:
Definition of 'number'
From: WordNet
noun
The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" [syn: number, figure]
noun
A concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
noun
A short theatrical 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" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit]
noun
The number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number" [syn: phone number, telephone number, number]
noun
A symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" [syn: numeral, number]
noun
One of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" [syn: issue, number]
noun
A select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die"
noun
A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" [syn: number, identification number]
noun
A clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
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"
noun
An item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
verb
Add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number, add up, come, amount]
verb
Give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis"
verb
Enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" [syn: number, list]
verb
Put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" [syn: count, number]
verb
Determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate]
verb
Place a limit on the number of [syn: number, keep down]
Definition of 'Number'
From: GCIDE
- Number \Num"ber\ (n[u^]m"b[~e]r), n. [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to Gr. no`mos that which is dealt out, fr. ne`mein to deal out, distribute. See 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many. [1913 Webster]
- Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Numerousness; multitude. [1913 Webster]
- Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable. [1913 Webster]
- Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number. --2 Esdras iii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Gram.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Math.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc. See under Abstract, Abundant, etc.
- In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Number'
From: GCIDE
- Number \Num"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbered (n[u^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr & vb. n. Numbering.] [OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See Number, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. [1913 Webster]
- If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. --Gen. xiii. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. [1913 Webster]
- He was numbered with the transgressors. --Is. liii. 12. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. [1913 Webster]
- Thy tears can not number the dead. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
- Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'number'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a certain number,
- a few,
- a number,
- account,
- act,
- add up,
- add up to,
- afterpiece,
- aggregate,
- aggregate to,
- amount,
- amount to,
- apportion,
- army,
- art,
- article,
- back matter,
- back number,
- batch,
- beat,
- bevy,
- billion,
- bit,
- block out,
- blood,
- book,
- box score,
- brand,
- breed,
- budget,
- bunch,
- business,
- calculate,
- call off,
- call over,
- call the roll,
- calling,
- career,
- career building,
- careerism,
- cast,
- census,
- chapter,
- character,
- chaser,
- chiliad,
- chiliagon,
- chiliahedron,
- chiliarch,
- chiliarchia,
- chunk,
- cipher,
- clan,
- clause,
- clutch,
- collection,
- color,
- come,
- come to,
- company,
- comprise,
- compute,
- contain,
- copy,
- count,
- covey,
- craft,
- crowd,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- deal,
- decrease,
- denomination,
- description,
- designation,
- detail,
- difference,
- digit,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- divide,
- dose,
- dual,
- edition,
- enumerate,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expository scene,
- fascicle,
- feather,
- few,
- figure,
- figure up,
- finale,
- fix,
- foliate,
- folio,
- form,
- front matter,
- G,
- game,
- gang,
- gathering,
- genre,
- genus,
- gob,
- grain,
- grand,
- group,
- handful,
- handicraft,
- heap,
- hoke act,
- horde,
- host,
- hundred,
- hunk,
- ilk,
- impression,
- include,
- increase,
- integer,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- issue,
- itemize,
- kidney,
- kilo,
- kilocycle,
- kilogram,
- kilohertz,
- kiloliter,
- kilometer,
- kin,
- kind,
- label,
- lakh,
- large amount,
- legions,
- library,
- library edition,
- lifework,
- lilt,
- line,
- line of business,
- line of work,
- loads,
- lot,
- M,
- make,
- manner,
- many,
- mark,
- mass,
- measure,
- mess,
- meter,
- metier,
- metrics,
- millennium,
- millepede,
- milligram,
- milliliter,
- million,
- mission,
- mob,
- mold,
- mount up to,
- movement,
- multitude,
- myriad,
- mystery,
- nature,
- numbers,
- numeral,
- numerate,
- occupation,
- one hundred thousand,
- one or two,
- outline,
- pack,
- page,
- paginate,
- paragraph,
- parcel,
- parse,
- part,
- party,
- passage,
- passel,
- persuasion,
- phrase,
- phylum,
- platoon,
- plural,
- poll,
- portion,
- practice,
- printing,
- product,
- profession,
- prologue,
- prosody,
- pursuit,
- quantify,
- quantity,
- quantize,
- race,
- racket,
- rate,
- ration,
- reckon,
- reckon up to,
- reckoning,
- reduce,
- resolve,
- rhythm,
- rhythmic pattern,
- routine,
- run into,
- run over,
- run to,
- scan,
- scene,
- schematize,
- school edition,
- score,
- section,
- sentence,
- series,
- set,
- several,
- shape,
- sheet,
- shtick,
- signature,
- singular,
- sketch,
- skit,
- slew,
- slews,
- small amount,
- song and dance,
- sort,
- specialization,
- specialty,
- species,
- stamp,
- stand-up comedy act,
- strain,
- stripe,
- striptease,
- style,
- sum,
- sum up,
- summation,
- swarm,
- swing,
- tale,
- tally,
- tell,
- ten thousand,
- text,
- the bottom line,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- the story,
- the whole story,
- thou,
- thousand,
- tons,
- tot up,
- tot up to,
- total,
- tote up to,
- trade,
- trade book,
- trade edition,
- trial,
- tribe,
- troop,
- turn,
- two or three,
- type,
- umpteen,
- unitize,
- variety,
- verse,
- vocation,
- volume,
- walk,
- walk of life,
- whole,
- whole number,
- work,
- x number,
- yard
Words containing 'Number'
- In numbers,
- Numbered,
- Numberer,
- Numberful,
- Numbering,
- Numberous,
- Numbers,
- Abstract number,
- Abundant number,
- Broken number,
- Cardinal number,
- Cardinal numbers,
- Circular numbers,
- Commensurable numbers,
- Complex number,
- Composite number,
- Compound number,
- Concrete number,
- Cubic number,
- Deficient number,
- Figural numbers,
- Figurate numbers,
- Golden number,
- Heptagonal numbers,
- Imperfect number,
- In round numbers,
- Incomposite numbers,
- Incongruous numbers,
- Linear numbers,
- Mixed number,
- Numbering machine,
- Partition of numbers,
- Perfect number,
- Plural number,
- Polygonal numbers,
- Prime number,
- Pyramidal numbers,
- Sexagesimal numbers,
- Square number,
- Triangular numbers,
- Whole number,
- algebraic number,
- atomic number,
- avogadro number,
- avogadro's number,
- back number,
- baryon number,
- book of numbers,
- box number,
- brinell number,
- call number,
- defective number,
- denominate number,
- f number,
- fibonacci number,
- identification number,
- imaginary number,
- index number,
- irrational number,
- large number,
- license number,
- line of numbers,
- mach number,
- magic number,
- mass number,
- model number,
- natural number,
- nucleon number,
- number 1,
- number agreement,
- number among,
- number cruncher,
- number crunching,
- number one,
- number system,
- number theorist,
- numbering of the people,
- numbers book of,
- numbers game,
- numbers pool,
- numbers racket,
- octane number,
- opposite number,
- ordinal number,
- oxidation number,
- page number,
- phone number,
- pin number,
- rational number,
- real number,
- registration number,
- stop number,
- telephone number,
- transcendental number,
- wave number,
- number cruncher number-cruncher,
- Arithmetical complement of a number,
- Biquadratic root of a number,
- Numbers commensurable in power,
- Square root of a number,
- Wilburton Number One,
- Wilburton Number Two,
- aba transit number,
- atomic number 1,
- atomic number 10,
- atomic number 100,
- atomic number 101,
- atomic number 102,
- atomic number 103,
- atomic number 104,
- atomic number 105,
- atomic number 106,
- atomic number 107,
- atomic number 108,
- atomic number 109,
- atomic number 11,
- atomic number 110,
- atomic number 111,
- atomic number 112,
- atomic number 113,
- atomic number 114,
- atomic number 115,
- atomic number 116,
- atomic number 12,
- atomic number 13,
- atomic number 14,
- atomic number 15,
- atomic number 16,
- atomic number 17,
- atomic number 18,
- atomic number 19,
- atomic number 2,
- atomic number 20,
- atomic number 21,
- atomic number 22,
- atomic number 23,
- atomic number 24,
- atomic number 25,
- atomic number 26,
- atomic number 27,
- atomic number 28,
- atomic number 29,
- atomic number 3,
- atomic number 30,
- atomic number 31,
- atomic number 32,
- atomic number 33,
- atomic number 34,
- atomic number 35,
- atomic number 36,
- atomic number 37,
- atomic number 38,
- atomic number 39,
- atomic number 4,
- atomic number 40,
- atomic number 41,
- atomic number 42,
- atomic number 43,
- atomic number 44,
- atomic number 45,
- atomic number 46,
- atomic number 47,
- atomic number 48,
- atomic number 49,
- atomic number 5,
- atomic number 50,
- atomic number 51,
- atomic number 52,
- atomic number 53,
- atomic number 54,
- atomic number 55,
- atomic number 56,
- atomic number 57,
- atomic number 58,
- atomic number 59,
- atomic number 6,
- atomic number 60,
- atomic number 61,
- atomic number 62,
- atomic number 63,
- atomic number 64,
- atomic number 65,
- atomic number 66,
- atomic number 67,
- atomic number 68,
- atomic number 69,
- atomic number 7,
- atomic number 70,
- atomic number 71,
- atomic number 72,
- atomic number 73,
- atomic number 74,
- atomic number 75,
- atomic number 76,
- atomic number 77,
- atomic number 78,
- atomic number 79,
- atomic number 8,
- atomic number 80,
- atomic number 81,
- atomic number 82,
- atomic number 83,
- atomic number 84,
- atomic number 85,
- atomic number 86,
- atomic number 87,
- atomic number 88,
- atomic number 89,
- atomic number 9,
- atomic number 90,
- atomic number 91,
- atomic number 92,
- atomic number 93,
- atomic number 94,
- atomic number 95,
- atomic number 96,
- atomic number 97,
- atomic number 98,
- atomic number 99,
- back-number,
- bank identification number,
- binary number system,
- box-number,
- decimal number system,
- duodecimal number system,
- hexadecimal number system,
- law of large numbers,
- number one wood,
- number representation system,
- octal number system,
- personal identification number,
- po box number,
- pure imaginary number,
- random number generator,
- sexadecimal number system,
- social security number,
- Wilburton Number One, PA,
- Wilburton Number Two, PA,
- fixed-point number,
- floating-point number,
- imaginary part of a complex number,
- post-office box number