numbered
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- adjective
- /ˈnʌmbərd/
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contado
- Your days are numbered, buster.
- numbered days
- numbered editions
- numbered and limited
Though the days of Bismarck system were numbered.
- Though the days of Bismarck system were numbered.
- But post Malone's days are numbered, it looks like to me.
- So after this happens, Samosa's days are numbered.
- It looked he had lost control of all of the cities and as a result of that it looked like his days were numbered.
- Do you think it's possible that Zelensky's days are numbered as the president and that somebody like Zoluchini comes to power?
- It's, it's, I don't know whether it's days are numbered, but I, I think it does some good things.
- I wasn't thinking her days are numbered.
Examples
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Do you think it's possible that Zelensky's days are numbered as the president and that somebody like Zoluchini comes to power?
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Your days here are numbered.
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Your days on this earth are numbered, brother.
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Your days are numbered... ...unless I help you.
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Let's pray his days are numbered!
Blog text (5) -
Thy days are numbered, lad.
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But post Malone's days are numbered, it looks like to me.
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Juxtaposed with his eager professional peers, his days looked very numbered indeed.
Academic text (1997) -
Publisher, diplomat, author, soldier, adventurer - what more could a man do with his numbered days?
Fiction book (2000) -
My days at this job are numbered if I don't start meeting my targets.
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Idioms
- Informal
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A person or thing not likely to last much longer because of a serious problem
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Etymology
Numbered also carries the idea of being 'counted' or close to the end. A helpful way to remember this use is the phrase 'days are numbered' — people imagine time being counted down, so if something is numbered it means it will end soon.