number
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(verb) place a limit on the number of |
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Synonyms: keep down |
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Related Words: circumscribe, confine, limit |
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(verb) enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" |
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Synonyms: list |
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Related Words: identify, name |
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(verb) give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis" |
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Related Words: denominate, designate, foliate, paginate |
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(noun) an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" |
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Related Words: merchandise, product, wares |
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(noun) (informal) a clothing measurement: "a number 13 shoe" |
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Related Words: size |
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(noun) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" |
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Synonyms: figure |
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Related Words: amount, bulk, countlessness, fewness, innumerableness, majority, minority, multiplicity, numerosity, numerousness, preponderance, prevalence |
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(noun) (linguistics) the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number" |
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Related Words: grammatical category, syntactic category |
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(noun) a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" |
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Synonyms: identification number |
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Related Words: ABA transit number, BIN, Social Security number, bank identification number, identification, license number, registration number |
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(noun) a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die" |
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Related Words: company |
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(noun) a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" |
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Related Words: addend, atomic number, augend, baryon number, base, biquadrate, biquadratic, cardinal, cardinal number, complex number, complex quantity, compound number, constant, coordinate, count, cube, decimal, definite quantity, dividend, divisor, factor, fixed-point number, floating-point number, folio, fourth power, imaginary number, integer, linage, lineage, multiplicand, multiplier, multiplier factor, natural number, no., ordinal, ordinal number, page number, pagination, quartic, quota, radix, record, root, score, second power, square, third power, whole number |
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(verb) determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" |
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Synonyms: count, enumerate |
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Related Words: add, add together, add up, ascertain, census, determine, find, find out, miscount, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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(verb) add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
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Synonyms: add up, amount, come, total |
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Related Words: average, average out, be, make, outnumber |
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(verb) put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" |
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Synonyms: count |
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Related Words: assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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(noun) one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom" |
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Synonyms: issue |
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Related Words: edition, periodical |
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(noun) a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" |
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Synonyms: numeral |
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Related Words: Arabic numeral, Roman numeral, antilog, antilogarithm, symbol |
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(noun) the number is used in calling a particular phone; "he has an unlisted number" |
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Synonyms: phone number, telephone number |
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Related Words: sign, signal, signaling |
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(noun) a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" |
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Synonyms: act, bit, routine, turn |
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Related Words: performance, public presentation |
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