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Definition number

Etymology 1

From Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ?etæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.

Noun

number (plural numbers)

1. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
2. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
3. (countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.
4. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position 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.
5. Quantity.
6. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
7. (countable, informal) A telephone number.
8. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
9. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
10. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
11. (countable, informal) A person.
12. (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
13. (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
14. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
15. A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.

Verb

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

Etymology 2

From numb + -er.

Adjective

number

1. comparative form of numb: more numb

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