to number
- verb
- /ˈnʌmbər/
- Aboriginal people in Australia currently number about 300,000, slightly less than 2% of the total Australian population.
- numbered over one million
- population numbered
- numbered about 10,000
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Examples
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Its inmates numbered about 80,000.
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And our first families number less than half the total number of family leaders.
Academic text (1991) -
By then we'll number in the hundreds, thousands even.
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Our sources number the dead as low as 10, as high as 50.
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How many do they number?
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The rebels number roughly 2000 men and women.
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They number in the millions!
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Oil tankers in operation today number 3,500 and include some of the world's largest ships.
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In 2001, active participants in the same event still numbered at least 10,000, but not 100,000.
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The survey showed that the volunteers number over 1,000 this year.
Synonyms
To say numbers one by one to find the total
To add numbers together to find the whole amount
To count or add things like points and votes
To add two or more numbers to find their total
To list or count items one by one
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
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A device or program that produces numbers that do not follow a pattern
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Number of protons in an atom's center that shows its place in the periodic table
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A number in the form a plus b i, where i is the square root of minus one
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A code of letters and numbers on a library book that shows where it is on the shelf
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A secret number you use to prove who you are and open accounts
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A number that cannot be written as a fraction, for example π or √2
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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
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A number that shows how many things there are, not their order, for example one, two, three
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A number that shows how many electrons an atom has lost or gained in compounds and ions
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The number of atoms or molecules in one mole of a substance, about 6.022 × 10^23
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A number that computers store to show very large or very small values approximately
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A whole number greater than one that can be divided evenly by a number other than one and itself
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A number that solves a polynomial equation with rational coefficients
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An amount shown using two or more different units, like one hour and ten minutes
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A rule that makes verbs and adjectives match a noun's singular or plural
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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
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A number showing how hard a metal is by pressing a steel ball into it
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A way of writing numbers that uses twelve as its base and digits 0 to 11
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Etymology
Number comes from Latin numerus, meaning 'a count'. So to number things can also mean to count them or to include them in a total.