Dictionary entry details
• NUMBER (noun)
Meaning:
The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
number; figure
Context examples:
he had a number of chores to do / the number of parameters is small / the figure was about a thousand
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
amount (how much of something is available)
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)
Meaning:
A concept of quantity derived from zero and units
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
every number has a unique position in the sequence
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
definite quantity (a specific measure of amount)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "number"):
difference; remainder (the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend)
subtrahend (the number to be subtracted from the minuend)
minuend (the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted)
augend (a number to which another number (the addend) is added)
addend (a number that is added to another number (the augend))
integer; whole number (any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero)
natural number (the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly)
linage; lineage (the number of lines in a piece of printed material)
quota (a prescribed number)
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)
multiplicand (the number that is multiplied by the multiplier)
multiplier; multiplier factor (the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied)
remainder (the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor)
quotient (the number obtained by division)
divisor (the number by which a dividend is divided)
dividend (a number to be divided by another number)
root (a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number)
biquadrate; biquadratic; fourth power; quartic (an algebraic equation of the fourth degree)
cube; third power (the product of three equal terms)
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)
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)
factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
count (the total number counted)
cardinality ((mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping))
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)
constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)
decimal (a number in the decimal system)
folio; page number; pagination; paging (the system of numbering pages)
co-ordinate; coordinate (a number that identifies a position relative to an axis)
arity (the number of arguments that a function can take)
Fibonacci number (a number in the Fibonacci sequence)
prime; prime quantity (a number that has no factor but itself and 1)
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)
fixed-point number (a number represented in fixed-point notation)
Meaning:
A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
routine; number; act; bit; turn
Context examples:
he did his act three times every evening / she had a catchy little routine / it was one of the best numbers he ever did
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)
Meaning:
A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
identification number; number
Context example:
she refused to give them her Social Security number
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"):
personal identification number; PIN; PIN number (a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts)
Social Security number (the number of a particular individual's social security account)
license number; registration number (the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it)
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)
Meaning:
The number is used in calling a particular telephone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
telephone number; phone number; number
Context example:
he has an unlisted number
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
sign; signal; signaling (any communication that encodes a message)
Meaning:
A symbol used to represent a number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
numeral; number
Context example:
he learned to write the numerals before he went to school
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 numeral; Hindu-Arabic numeral (one of the symbols 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0)
Meaning:
One of a series published periodically
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
issue; number
Context example:
she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
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)
Meaning:
A select company of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
I hope to become one of their number before I die
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
company (a social gathering of guests or companions)
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
in English the subject and the verb must agree in number
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
grammatical category; syntactic category ((grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties)
Meaning:
An item of merchandise offered for sale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context examples:
she preferred the black nylon number / this sweater is an all-wool number
Hypernyms ("number" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Meaning:
A clothing measurement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
a number 13 shoe
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)
• NUMBER (verb)
Meaning:
Add up in number or quantity
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
total; number; amount; add up; come
Context examples:
The bills amounted to $2,000 / The bill came to $2,000
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
Meaning:
Give numbers to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
You should number the pages of the thesis
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
Meaning:
Enumerate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
list; number
Context example:
We must number the names of the great mathematicians
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
Meaning:
Put into a group
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
number; count
Context example:
The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
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
Meaning:
Determine the number or amount of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
numerate; count; enumerate; number
Context examples:
Can you count the books on your shelf? / Count your change
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
Meaning:
Place a limit on the number of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
keep down; number
Hypernyms (to "number" is one way to...):
circumscribe; confine; limit (restrict or confine,)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
