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NUMBER
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Irregular inflected form: number
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An item of clothing
Example:
this sweater is an all-wool number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A clothing measurement
Example:
a number 13 shoe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
Example:
the figure was about a thousand
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
amount (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number"):
multiplicity; numerosity; numerousness (a large number)
preponderance; prevalence (a superiority in numbers or amount)
countlessness; innumerableness (a number beyond counting)
bulk; majority (the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part)
minority (being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts)
fewness (the quality of being small in number)
roundness (the quality of being round numbers)
Derivation:
number (place a limit on the number of)
number (enumerate)
number (determine the number or amount of)
number (give numbers to)
number (add up in number or quantity)
Sense 4
Meaning:
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)
Example:
in English the subject and the verb must agree in number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
grammatical category; syntactic category ((grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.
Example:
she refused to give them her Social Security number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
positive identification (evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number"):
ABA transit number; bank identification number; BIN (an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself)
license number; registration number (the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it)
Social Security number (the number of a particular individual's Social Security account)
personal identification number; PIN; PIN number (a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts)
Derivation:
number (place a limit on the number of)
number (enumerate)
number (determine the number or amount of)
number (give numbers to)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The number is used in calling a particular telephone
Example:
he has an unlisted number
Synonyms:
number; phone number; telephone number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)
Sense 7
Meaning:
One of a series published periodically
Example:
she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Synonyms:
issue; number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number"):
edition (an issue of a newspaper)
Holonyms ("number" is a member of...):
serial; serial publication; series (a periodical that appears at scheduled times)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A numbered item in a series
Example:
take the number 2 to the main square, then change to the number 5
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
item (a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A symbol used to represent a number
Example:
he learned to write the numerals before he went to school
Synonyms:
number; numeral
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number"):
antilog; antilogarithm (the number of which a given number is the logarithm)
Roman numeral (a symbol in the old Roman notation; I,V,X,L,C,D,M represent 1,5,10,50,100,500,1000 respectively in Arabic notation)
Arabic numeral; Hindu-Arabic numeral; Hindu numeral (one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0)
Derivation:
number (add up in number or quantity)
number (give numbers to)
number (determine the number or amount of)
number (enumerate)
number (place a limit on the number of)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A short performance that is part of a longer program
Example:
it was one of the best numbers he ever did
Synonyms:
act; bit; number; routine; turn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
performance; public presentation (a dramatic or musical entertainment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number"):
show-stopper; showstopper; stopper (an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down)
Sense 11
Meaning:
A select company of people
Example:
I hope to become one of their number before I die
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
company (a social gathering of guests or companions)
Derivation:
number (put into a group)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A concept of quantity involving zero and units
Example:
every number has a unique position in the sequence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
definite quantity (a specific measure of amount)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number"):
baryon number (a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions)
quota (a prescribed number)
linage; lineage (the number of lines in a piece of printed material)
natural number (the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly)
integer; whole number (any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero)
addend (a number that is added to another number (the augend))
augend (a number to which another number (the addend) is added)
minuend (the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted)
subtrahend (the number to be subtracted from the minuend)
difference; remainder (the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend)
complex number; complex quantity; imaginary; imaginary number ((mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1)
second power; square (the product of two equal terms)
cube; third power (the product of three equal terms)
biquadrate; biquadratic; fourth power; quartic (an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree)
root (a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number)
dividend (a number to be divided by another number)
divisor (the number by which a dividend is divided)
quotient (the number obtained by division)
remainder (the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor)
multiplier; multiplier factor (the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied)
multiplicand (the number that is multiplied by the multiplier)
arity (the number of arguments that a function can take)
co-ordinate; coordinate (a number that identifies a position relative to an axis)
folio; page number; pagination; paging (the system of numbering pages)
decimal (a number in the decimal system)
constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)
oxidation number; oxidation state (the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge)
cardinality ((mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping))
count (the total number counted)
factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
Fibonacci number (a number in the Fibonacci sequence)
atomic number (the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements; equal to the number of protons in the nucleus or electrons in the neutral state of an atom of an element)
fixed-point number (a number represented in fixed-point notation)
floating-point number (a number represented in floating-point notation)
base; radix ((numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place)
cardinal; cardinal number (the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order)
no.; ordinal; ordinal number (the number designating place in an ordered sequence)
compound number (a quantity expressed in two different units)
record (the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had)
score (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest)
composite number (an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one)
prime; prime quantity (a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself)
Derivation:
number (place a limit on the number of)
number (enumerate)
number (determine the number or amount of)
number (give numbers to)
number (add up in number or quantity)
numerical (of or relating to or denoting numbers)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they number ... he / she / it numbers
Past simple: numbered
Past participle: numbered
-ing form: numbering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place a limit on the number of
Synonyms:
keep down; number
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "number" is one way to...):
circumscribe; confine to; limit (restrict or confine within limits)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
number (a symbol used to represent a number)
number (a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.)
number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Enumerate
Example:
We must number the names of the great mathematicians
Synonyms:
list; number
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "number" is one way to...):
identify; name (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "number"):
itemise; itemize (place on a list of items)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
number (a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.)
number (a symbol used to represent a number)
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
numbering (a numbered list)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Determine the number or amount of
Example:
Count your change
Synonyms:
count; enumerate; number; numerate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "number" is one way to...):
ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "number"):
recount (count again)
miscount (count wrongly)
census (conduct a census)
add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
number (a symbol used to represent a number)
number (a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.)
number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Give numbers to
Example:
You should number the pages of the thesis
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "number" is one way to...):
denominate; designate (assign a name or title to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "number"):
foliate; page; paginate (number the pages of a book or manuscript)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
number (a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.)
number (a symbol used to represent a number)
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
numbering (a numbered list)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Add up in number or quantity
Example:
The bill came to $2,000
Synonyms:
add up; amount; come; number; total
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "number" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "number"):
work out (be calculated)
outnumber (be larger in number)
average; average out (amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain)
make (add up to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
number (a symbol used to represent a number)
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Put into a group
Example:
The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
Synonyms:
count; number
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "number" is one way to...):
assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
number (a select company of people)
Context examples:
Mid-way between small and large in number, quantity, magnitude or extent.
(Medium, NCI Thesaurus)
Numbers of people were there before me, all running in one direction, to the beach.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This was repeated a number of times.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Results showed youngsters using probiotics lost a 'significantly' higher number of pounds compared to those who didn't.
(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) study on dietary risks finds that in southern sub-Saharan Africa, diets low in fruits were the number one reason for diet-related deaths.
(Poor Diet Kills More People Than Smoking, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The first step is to determine the number and variations of natural IELs in people, then answer key questions.
(Some gut cells slow down metabolism, accelerate cardiovascular disease, National Institutes of Health)
Furthermore, the results show that NM-MRI signal reflects concentrations of neuromelanin in tissue, rather than just the number of neuromelanin-containing neurons.
(Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI identified as a potential biomarker for psychosis, National Institutes of Health)
The batteries are able to recharge by electrochemically reinserting a large number of electrons.
(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)
So she chose a number of the Winkies who looked as if they knew the most, and they all started away.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
A control number unique to an object.
(Accession Number, NCI Thesaurus)
