NUMERAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does numeral mean?
• NUMERAL (noun)
The noun NUMERAL has 1 sense:
1. a symbol used to represent a number
Familiarity information: NUMERAL used as a noun is very rare.
• NUMERAL (adjective)
The adjective NUMERAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or denoting numbers
Familiarity information: NUMERAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NUMERAL (noun)
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 ("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 numeral; Hindu-Arabic 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)
• NUMERAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or denoting numbers
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
numeral; numeric; numerical
Context examples:
a numeral adjective / numerical analysis
Pertainym:
number (a concept of quantity derived from zero and units)
