Number
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Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Template:Root From Template:Inh, Template:M, Template:M, Template:M, from Template:Der, Template:Der, from Template:Der, ultimately from Template:Der. Compare Template:Cog, Template:M, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog. Replaced Middle English Template:M and Template:M, more at Template:M, Template:M and Template:M.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Template:Lb An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- Template:Lb A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- Template:Lb An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- Template:Lb 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.
- Quantity.
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb A telephone number.
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- Template:SenseidTemplate:Lb Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- Template:Lb Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
- Template:Lb A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- Template:Lb A group of people.
- Template:Lb A person.
- Template:Lb An outfit, particularly a stylish one.
- Template:Lb A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.
- Template:Lb An issue of a periodical publication.
- the latest number of a magazine
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.
Hyponyms
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- See also Thesaurus:number
Derived terms
Descendants
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Translations
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Verb
- Template:Lb To total or count; to amount to.
- Template:Lb To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
- Template:Lb To count; to determine the quantity of.
- Template:Lb To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- Template:Lb To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
- Template:Lb To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- Template:Lb To classify or include (in a group of things)
- Template:Lb To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
Translations
See also
- Template:Sense Template:L, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural, singulative
- Wiktionary’s Appendix of numbers
References
Etymology 2
Template:Etymid From Template:M + Template:M.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Anagrams
Estonian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Template:Bor. The added -b- is analogous to Template:M and Template:M.
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
References
Middle English
Noun
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Template:Der.
An analogy of the Papiamentu word Template:M "name".