number

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Derived terms 1.1.2.3 Related terms 1.1.2.4 Translations 1.1.3 Verb 1.1.3.1 Translations 1.1.4 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology 1

Anglo-Norman noumbre, from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“‘to divide’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: nŭm'bə(r), IPA: /ˈnʌm.bə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"nVm.b@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnʌm.bɚ/, SAMPA: /"nVm.b3`/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: num‧ber

[edit] Noun

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number (plural numbers)

1. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
2. (countable) A symbol for a non-negative integer; a numeral.
3. (countable) (mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers,integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.

   The equation e^iπ + 1 = 0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, π, i, and e.

4. (Followed by a numeral; used attributive) Showing the rank of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

   Horse number 5 won the race.

5. Quantity.

   Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time

6. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
7. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

   For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright".

[edit] Synonyms

• (mathematical number): scalar

[edit] Derived terms

• Look at pages starting with number.

[edit] Related terms

• numeral
• numeric
• numerical

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)

1. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

   Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.

2. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.

   I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.

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[edit] See also

• Wiktionary’s Appendix of numbers

[edit] Etymology 2

From numb + -er.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: nŭm'ə, IPA: /ˈnʌmə/, SAMPA: /"nVm@(r)/
• (US): enPR: nŭm'ər, IPA: /'nʌmɚ/, SAMPA: /"nVm3`/
•  Audio (US) (adjective)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: num‧ber

[edit] Adjective

number

1. Comparative form of numb: more numb.