Numbers

//ˈnʌmbɚz// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of number form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Many individuals as a group. plural, plural-only

    "Numbers of people have visited the fair."

  3. 3
    an illegal daily lottery wordnet
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of numbers game. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article

    "Her aunt played the numbers every day for years."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of number form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

    "For in the book of Numbers is it writ, When the man dies, let the inheritance Descend unto the daughter."

Synonyms

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a mass ofa world ofaccentaccentuationalexandrinealgorism

Example

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"Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it."

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books of mosesold testament

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