number

CEFRA1

/ˈnʌmbər/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A symbol or word showing how many or which one.

  2. 02

    verb

    To give things a series of numbers.

Examples

  • Think of a number and multiply it by two.

  • You can number me among your friends.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈnʌmbə]
  • /ˈnʌmə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.

  2. An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

  3. Quantity of countable things.

More examples

In context

  • I forget your phone number.

  • Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time.

  • The number of malnourished children has decreased.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Anglo-Norman noumbrebor. Middle English nombre English number Inherited from Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ȝetæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.