Numbers

n. fourth book of the Old Testament (Biblical)

n. mathematical value or its symbol; identifying numeral (e.g. of a house); indefinite amount, quantity of; sum, tally; act in a performance, musical piece; unit in a series; mathematics; quantity (Grammar); unique thing or person (Informal)

v. count; assign a number; equal in amount; limit, allot; be included in (a specific group); total, add up to

A number is a mathematical concept used to describe and assess quantity.Number may also refer to:Grammatical number, a morphological grammatical category indicating the quantity of referentsNumber (game), a number-guessing computer gameNumber (magazine), a Japanese sports magazineNumber (music), a self-contained piece of musicTelephone number, often referred to as simply a number
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Noun
1. the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
(synonym) Book of Numbers
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Torah, Pentateuch, Laws

Noun
1. an illegal daily lottery
(synonym) numbers pool, numbers game, numbers racket
(hypernym) lottery, drawing

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) figure
(hypernym) amount
(hyponym) numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity
(derivation) keep down
2. a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
(hypernym) definite quantity
(hyponym) coordinate, co-ordinate
(derivation) keep down
3. 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"
(synonym) act, routine, turn, bit
(hypernym) performance, public presentation
(hyponym) show-stopper, showstopper, stopper
4. a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number"
(synonym) identification number
(hypernym) positive identification
(hyponym) bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit number
(derivation) keep down
5. the number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number"
(synonym) phone number, telephone number
(hypernym) signal, signaling, sign
6. a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school"
(synonym) numeral
(hypernym) symbol
(hyponym) Arabic numeral, Hindu numeral, Hindu-Arabic numeral
(derivation) keep down
7. one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom"
(synonym) issue
(hypernym) periodical
(hyponym) edition
(member-holonym) series, serial, serial publication
8. a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die"
(hypernym) company
(derivation) count
9. 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"
(hypernym) grammatical category, syntactic category
10. an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
(hypernym) merchandise, wares, product
11. a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
(hypernym) size
(classification) colloquialism
Verb
1. add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
(synonym) total, add up, come, amount
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) work out
(derivation) numeral
2. give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis"
(hypernym) designate, denominate
(hyponym) foliate, paginate, page
(derivation) numeral
3. enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
(synonym) list
(hypernym) name, identify
(hyponym) itemize, itemise
(derivation) numeral
4. put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
(synonym) count
(hypernym) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
5. determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
(synonym) count, enumerate, numerate
(hypernym) determine, find, find out, ascertain
(hyponym) recount
(derivation) numeral
6. place a limit on the number of
(synonym) keep down
(hypernym) limit, circumscribe, confine
(derivation) numeral

(n.)
pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
  

(Scientific computation) Output from a computation that may not be significant but at least indicates that the program is running. Numbers may be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. "Making numbers" means running a program because output - any output, not necessarily meaningful output - is needed as a demonstration of progress.
See pretty pictures, math-out, social science number.
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(1995-01-13)