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English to English noun
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the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals |  | Example: he had a number of chores to do
the number of parameters is small
the figure was about a thousand
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a concept of quantity involving zero and units | | Example: every number has a unique position in the sequence
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a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program | | Example: he did his act three times every evening
she had a catchy little routine
it was one of the best numbers he ever did
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the number is used in calling a particular telephone | | Example: he has an unlisted number
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a symbol used to represent a number | | Example: he learned to write the numerals before he went to school
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one of a series published periodically | | Example: she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
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a select company of people | | Example: I hope to become one of their number before I die
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a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification | | Example: she refused to give them her Social Security number
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a clothing measurement | | Example: a number 13 shoe
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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) | | Example: in English the subject and the verb must agree in number
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an item of merchandise offered for sale | | Example: she preferred the black nylon number
this sweater is an all-wool number
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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add up in number or quantity | | Example: The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000
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give numbers to | | Example: You should number the pages of the thesis
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enumerate | | Example: We must number the names of the great mathematicians
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put into a group | | Example: The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
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determine the number or amount of | | Example: Can you count the books on your shelf?
Count your change
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place a limit on the number of | | source: wordnet30
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To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. | | source: webster1913
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