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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



... and Beverley had walked slowly from the corridor of the lift into Peterson's corridor, looking at the numbers over the doors; and remembered how she had said to Angel, "This must be the right way to turn." Even after that, they had paused a moment for Beverley to gather up her failing courage; and if Kit had then been in the act of opening the trunk, she could easily have hidden herself inside before the ...
— The Lion's Mouse • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... game. But he was fascinated by the motions of the ball; one was never able to tell where it would stop, on one of the thirty-six numbers, on the red or on the black, on the odd or the even. He visualized a frantic, silent crowd around the wheel listening to ...
— Black Jack • Max Brand
... of the bay. The shores are extremely well wooded (the pine abounding upon them), and as it was now the rainy season, everything was as green as nature could make it,— the grass, the leaves, and all; the birds were singing in the woods, and great numbers of wild fowl were flying over our heads. Here we could lie safe from the southeasters. We came to anchor within two cable lengths of the shore, and the town lay directly before us, making a very pretty appearance; its houses being of whitewashed ...
— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana
... good numbers in February and March. Cod are taken here in gill nets during the summer months, and hake are fairly abundant in the spring over the deeper parts; a few cusk are taken at the same season and in the same depths as the ...
— Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine • Walter H. Rich
... watchful and pertinacious as ever. And that night, or rather in the early hours of the following morning, came the climax, when the wily foe made a last desperate attempt to rush our defences and overpower us by force of numbers. ...
— The First Mate - The Story of a Strange Cruise • Harry Collingwood


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