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numbers en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnʌmbɚz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnʌmbəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Many individuals as a group.
    • Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic. 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 50:
    • Numbers of people have visited the fair.
    • Wrex: We didn't have the numbers to go to war. Even if we did, the genophage made sure we couldn't replenish our numbers fast enough. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: SSV Normandy:
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of number
    form of number
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article) Ellipsis of numbers game.
    • Her aunt played the numbers every day for years.

numbers en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnʌmbɚz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnʌmbəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of number
    form of number

Deriveds

do numbers