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numbered

numbered

23 2.2
Marked so you can tell its place in a list or identify it
  • adjective
  • /ˈnʌmbərd/
translation icon : numerado
  • OK, you got your streets going this way and they're numbered sequentially for the most part.
  • numbered items
  • numbered list
  • numbered paper

And prints are not numbered or or dated.

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Examples

  • The instructions were listed on the numbered pages of the manual.

  • Ladies and gentlemen, there are 100 numbered cans... each linked to a specific celebrity.

  • OK, so numbered questions are really hard to answer.

  • Most of our clients are individuals who hold numbered accounts with the bank.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Take out each target associated with the numbered envelope.

  • OK, so what's the smallest numbered correct answer?

  • And they were all numbered uniquely on the back.

  • Each participant was given a deck of 48 numbered questions, each on a 5" x 8" card.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The assignments were stored in numbered sealed envelopes and opened by a research assistant.

    Academic text (2015)
  • To assemble, insert the numbered tabs into their corresponding slots.

Antonyms

1 3.9

Without any number on it

Idioms

7 7.4

A person or thing not likely to last much longer because of a serious problem

How Organized

organized
  • US
19 2.0
numbered
23 2.2
bulleted
1 3.3
listed
2.3

Surface Forms

numbered positive

Morphology

numbered = number (transparent) = number + ed

The word 'numbered' is transparently derived from 'number' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed', indicating the state of having been assigned numbers.

Etymology

Numbered comes from the simple word number, which comes from an old Latin root meaning 'number' and appears in familiar words like numeral and numerous. So numbered means 'given a number' or put in order, which is why pages, seats, or boxes are numbered.