to number
- verb
- /ˈnʌmbər/
- Normally they put a playing card in each one, but given that Silver is blind, they just numbered them one through ten.
- numbered consecutively
- number the pages
- numbered and dated
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- And I do that using one set of weather stations and I number the weather stations.
Examples
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French license plates are numbered by region.
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First, we number the obvious figures: the lady, the couple, the man with the cane.
Fiction book (2002) -
Well... number them... - ..one to ten, from left to right.
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For younger children, the teacher may wish to number locations along a path.
Academic text (1999) -
The four engines are numbered one through four, left to right.
Fiction book (1999) -
The albums are numbered and lined up on the shelf beside the fireplace.
Fiction book (1998) -
Each excerpt was divided into five separate phrases, and the phrases were numbered as such for the purposes of this research.
Academic text (2013) -
By the early 1920s, astronomers had numbered more than 1,000 minor planets.
Academic text (1996) -
The Lumbee Nation, numbering about 39,000, is a majority of Robeson County's indigenous population.
Academic text (1995) -
Before shipping the books, they will number each copy to avoid confusion.
Idioms
- Literature
A clear top item on charts or rankings that is much more popular than others
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A number the United States gives to people to show who they are, pay taxes, and get government benefits
- Specialized
A whole number greater than 1 that you can divide only by 1 and itself
A phone number to call for help in an emergency, for example the police or an ambulance
- Informal
A person who works with many numbers and can do difficult calculations using computers
- Specialized
A device or program that produces numbers that do not follow a pattern
- Specialized
Number of protons in an atom's center that shows its place in the periodic table
- Specialized
A number in the form a plus b i, where i is the square root of minus one
- Specialized
A code of letters and numbers on a library book that shows where it is on the shelf
- Specialized
A secret number you use to prove who you are and open accounts
- Specialized
A number that cannot be written as a fraction, for example π or √2
- Specialized
A number that shows how things like prices change over time or between places
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A person who studies whole numbers and patterns, like prime numbers
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A number that is not a solution of any polynomial equation with rational coefficients
- UK
The British Prime Minister, their home at 10 Downing Street, or the main attacking player in football
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A number in a list where each equals the sum of the two before, starting with 0 and 1
- Specialized
A number that shows how many things there are, not their order, for example one, two, three
- Specialized
A number that shows how many electrons an atom has lost or gained in compounds and ions
- Specialized
The number of atoms or molecules in one mole of a substance, about 6.022 × 10^23
- Specialized
A number that computers store to show very large or very small values approximately
- Specialized
A whole number greater than one that can be divided evenly by a number other than one and itself
- Specialized
A number that solves a polynomial equation with rational coefficients
- Specialized
An amount shown using two or more different units, like one hour and ten minutes
- Specialized
A rule that makes verbs and adjectives match a noun's singular or plural
- Specialized
A heavy radioactive metal used as fuel in nuclear reactors and in weapons
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The difference in number between matter particles and antimatter particles that stays the same when particles react
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A number of protons or neutrons that makes a nucleus especially stable
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A heavy, rare metal used in strong metal mixtures and often found with platinum
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A radioactive metal called polonium that is found with uranium and used in some devices
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A very heavy radioactive metal made by scientists and named copernicium
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A light strong metal called titanium used to make medical implants and airplane parts
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A code of digits that shows which bank or card company handles a payment
- Specialized
A number showing how hard a metal is by pressing a steel ball into it
- Specialized
A way of writing numbers that uses twelve as its base and digits 0 to 11
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Number comes from the Latin numerus, which meant 'to count'. So to number something is to give it an order or a number, marking it for easy reference.