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Numbers   /nˈəmbərz/   Listen
Numbers

noun
1.
The fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt.  Synonym: Book of Numbers.
2.
An illegal daily lottery.  Synonyms: numbers game, numbers pool, numbers racket.


Number

noun
1.
The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.  Synonym: figure.  "The number of parameters is small" , "The figure was about a thousand"
2.
A concept of quantity involving zero and units.
3.
A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program.  Synonyms: act, bit, routine, turn.  "She had a catchy little routine" , "It was one of the best numbers he ever did"
4.
The number is used in calling a particular telephone.  Synonyms: phone number, telephone number.
5.
A symbol used to represent a number.  Synonym: numeral.
6.
One of a series published periodically.  Synonym: issue.
7.
A select company of people.
8.
A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification.  Synonym: identification number.
9.
A clothing measurement.
10.
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).
11.
An item of merchandise offered for sale.  "This sweater is an all-wool number"
verb
(past & past part. numbered; pres. part. numbering)
1.
Add up in number or quantity.  Synonyms: add up, amount, come, total.  "The bill came to $2,000"
2.
Give numbers to.
3.
Enumerate.  Synonym: list.
4.
Put into a group.  Synonym: count.
5.
Determine the number or amount of.  Synonyms: count, enumerate, numerate.  "Count your change"
6.
Place a limit on the number of.  Synonym: keep down.



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"Numbers" Quotes from Famous Books



... afternoon was particularly good. Catfish, chubs, and suckers were landed in numbers sufficient to please the ...
— Americans All - Stories of American Life of To-Day • Various
... agencies, in the daily press; and though many of these succumb to the temptation to be sensational, among the better sort there is a healthy rivalry which restrains exuberance and promotes accuracy. There is safety, too, in numbers. News which appears in one paper only, is looked at doubtfully until it is confirmed by the rest; but even unanimity amongst all papers will scarcely at first win acceptance for what is at all startling and out of the common, until time and the absence of contradiction ...
— The Age of Erasmus - Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London • P. S. Allen
... the Eastern Indians, who had been making war upon the New Hampshire settlements, were so reduced in numbers by fighting and famine that they agreed to a peace with Major Waldron at Dover, but the peace was broken in the fall of 1676. The famous chief, Squando, was the principal negotiator on the part of the savages. He had taken up the hatchet to revenge the brutal treatment of his child by drunken ...
— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier
... Napoleon's wishes; he seems to have believed that war was inevitable; there is no proof that he desired it. He made preparations; the army was reorganised, the numbers increased, and a new weapon introduced. At the same time he looked about for allies. Negotiations were carried on with Austria; in 1868 a meeting was arranged between the two Emperors; Beust, who was ...
— Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire • James Wycliffe Headlam
... down five hundred Amalekite warriors whom he met on his way, and not one escaped to betray him. The rumor arose that Asmodeus, the king of demons, was raging among the inhabitants of the city, and slaying them in large numbers. ...
— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME IV BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG


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