number
/ˈnʌmbər/ verb C1- To total or count; to amount to. · I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
- To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number. · The old man knew that his days were numbered.
- To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items). · Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
- To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting. · Shelley numbered off the group into two teams for the baseball game.
- To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
- To classify or include (in a group of things). · Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.
- To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things). · Her horses number among the fastest in her country.
He/she/it numbers · Past numbered · Past participle numbered · -ing form numbering
Verb forms
- Base form
- number
- He/she/it
- numbers
- Past
- numbered
- Past participle
- numbered
- -ing form
- numbering
From the library
So she chose a number of the Winkies who looked as if they knew the most, and they all started away.
SOME DOGS famished with hunger saw a number of cowhides steeping in a river.
A DOVE shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of young ones which she had hatched.
The larger the number of your family, the greater your cause of sorrow, in seeing them shut up in this prison-house.”
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