Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - number
Number
number
n. & v. --n. 1 a an arithmetical value representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations. b a word, symbol, or figure representing this; a numeral. c an arithmetical value showing position in a series esp. for identification, reference, etc. (registration number). 2 (often foll. by of) the total count or aggregate (the number of accidents has decreased; twenty in number). 3 a the study of the behaviour of numbers; numerical reckoning (the laws of number). b (in pl.) arithmetic (not good at numbers). 4 a (in sing. or pl.) a quantity or amount; a total; a count (a large number of people; only in small numbers). b (in pl.) numerical preponderance (force of numbers; there is safety in numbers). 5 a a person or thing having a place in a series, esp. a single issue of a magazine, an item in a programme, etc. b a song, dance, musical item, etc. 6 company, collection, group (among our number). 7 Gram. a the classification of words by their singular or plural forms. b a particular such form. 8 colloq. a person or thing regarded familiarly or affectionately (usu. qualified in some way: an attractive little number). 9 (Numbers) the Old Testament book containing a census. --v.tr. 1 include (I number you among my friends). 2 assign a number or numbers to. 3 have or amount to (a specified number). 4 a count. b include. Phrases and idioms by numbers following simple instructions (as if) identified by numbers. one's days are numbered one does not have long to live. have a person's number colloq. understand a person's real motives, character, etc. have a person's number on it (of a bomb, bullet, etc.) be destined to hit a specified person. number cruncher Computing & Math. sl. a machine capable of complex calculations etc. number crunching the act or process of making these calculations. one's number is up colloq. one is finished or doomed to die. a number of some, several. Usage Use with a plural verb is now standard: a number of problems remain. number one n. colloq. oneself (always takes care of number one). --adj. most important (the number one priority). number-plate a plate on a vehicle displaying its registration number. numbers game 1 usu. derog. action involving only arithmetical work. 2 US a lottery based on the occurrence of unpredictable numbers in the results of races etc. Number Ten 10 Downing Street, the official London home of the British Prime Minister. number two a second in command. without number innumerable. Etymology: ME f. OF nombre (n.), nombrer (v.) f. L numerus, numerare
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English nombre, from Anglo-French, from Latin numerus Date: 14th century 1. a. a sum of units ; total, complement 1b, an indefinite usually large total , a numerous group ; many, a numerical preponderance, b. the characteristic of an individual by which it is treated as a unit or of a collection by which it is treated in terms of units, an ascertainable total , c. a unit belonging to an abstract mathematical system and subject to specified laws of succession, addition, and multiplication, an element (as π) of any of many mathematical systems obtained by extension of or analogy with the natural ~ system, arithmetic, a distinction of word form to denote reference to one or more than one, 3. plural a. metrical structure ; meter, metrical lines ; verses, musical sounds ; notes, 4. a word, symbol, letter, or combination of symbols representing a ~, a numeral or combination of numerals or other symbols used to identify or designate , c. a member of a sequence or collection designated by especially consecutive ~s (as an issue of a periodical), a position in a ~ed sequence, a group of one kind , one singled out from a group ; individual: as, girl, woman , b. a musical, theatrical, or literary selection or production, routine, act, stunt, trick, an act of transforming or impairing , an item of merchandise and especially clothing, insight into a person's ability or character , 7. plural but singular or plural in construction a form of lottery in which an individual wagers on the appearance of a certain combination of digits (as in regularly published ~s), policy II,2a, 8. plural figures representing amounts of money usually in dollars spent, earned, or involved, b. statistics 2, rating 3c, a person represented by a ~ or considered without regard to individuality , lifetime 1a, see: amount II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century transitive verb count, enumerate, to claim as part of a total ; include, to restrict to a definite ~ , to assign a ~ to , to amount to in ~ ; total , intransitive verb to reach a total ~, to call off...Толковый словарь английского языка
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