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NUMERAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 ("numeral" 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 "numeral"):

Arabic numeral; Hindu-Arabic numeral; Hindu numeral (one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0)

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)

antilog; antilogarithm (the number of which a given number is the logarithm)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or denoting numbers

Example:

a numeric symbol

Synonyms:

numeral; numeric; numerical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

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