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numbering

/nuhm-ber/US // ˈnʌm bər //UK // (ˈnʌmbə) //

编号,编号为,号码,编码

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a numeral or group of numerals.
    • : the sum, total, count, or aggregate of a collection of units, or the like: A number of people were hurt in the accident. The number of homeless children in the city has risen alarmingly.
    • : a word or symbol, or a combination of words or symbols, used in counting or in noting a total.
    • : the particular numeral assigned to an object so as to designate its place in a series: house number; license number.
    • : one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
    • : a certain collection, company, or quantity not precisely reckoned, but usually considerable or large: I've gone there a number of times.
    • : the full count of a collection or company.
    • : a collection or company.
    • : a quantity of individuals: Their number was more than 20,000.
    • : numbers, a considerable amount or quantity; many: Numbers flocked to the city to see the parade.metrical feet; verse.musical periods, measures, or groups of notes.numbers pool. Informal.the figures representing the actual cost, expense, profit, etc.: We won't make a decision until we see the numbers.Obsolete.arithmetic.
    • : quantity as composed of units: to increase the number of eligible voters.
    • : numerical strength or superiority; complement: The garrison is not up to its full number.
    • : a tune or arrangement for singing or dancing.
    • : a single or distinct performance within a show, as a song or dance: The comic routine followed the dance number.
    • : a single part of a program made up of a group of similar parts: For her third number she played a nocturne.
    • : any of a collection of poems or songs.
    • : a distinct part of an extended musical work or one in a sequence of compositions.
    • : conformity in music or verse to regular beat or measure; rhythm.
    • : a single part of a book published in a series of parts.
    • : a single issue of a periodical: several numbers of a popular magazine.
    • : a code of numerals, letters, or a combination of these assigned to a particular telephone: Did you call the right number?
    • : Grammar. a category of noun, verb, or adjective inflection found in many languages, as English, Latin, and Arabic, used to indicate whether a word has one or more than one referent. There may be a two-way distinction in number, as between singular and plural, three-way, as between singular, dual, and plural, or more.
    • : Informal. person; individual: the attractive number standing at the bar.
    • : Informal. an article of merchandise, especially of wearing apparel, offered for sale: Put those leather numbers in the display window.
    • : mathematics regarded as a science, a basic concept, and a mode of thought: Number is the basis of science.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to mark with or distinguish by numbers: Number each of the definitions.
    • : to amount to or comprise in number; total: The manuscript already numbers 425 pages.
    • : to consider or include in a number: I number myself among his friends.
    • : to count over one by one; tell: to number one's blessings.
    • : to mention individually or one by one; enumerate: They numbered the highlights of their trip at length.
    • : to set or fix the number of; limit in number; make few in number: The sick old man's days are numbered.
    • : to live or have lived.
    • : to ascertain the number of; count.
    • : to apportion or divide: The players were numbered into two teams.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a total; reach an amount: Casualties numbered in the thousands.
    • : to be numbered or included: Several eminent scientists number among his friends.
    • : to count.

Phrases

  • number is up, one's
  • a number of
  • any number of
  • back number
  • by the numbers
  • crunch numbers
  • days are numbered
  • do a job (number) on
  • get (have) someone's number
  • hot number
  • in round numbers
  • look out for (number one)
  • opposite number
  • safety in numbers

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • As of Thursday, over a quarter-million people in the United States had died of covid-19 as the number of confirmed cases continues to skyrocket.

  • They may use a number that you know, such as one from a son, daughter or friend.

  • It’s the 16th straight day that the region’s average daily number of cases has hit a record.

  • Wisconsin secluded more students at school than any other state and was second only to Texas in the number of students restrained in the 2017-18 school year, the analysis shows.

  • The number of users who pick up books they have put on hold using the online library system, rather than browsing the shelves and then making a selection, increased from 37 percent in 2013 to 50 percent last year.

  • This group was far larger, its procession stretching out over two to three city blocks and numbering more than a hundred.

  • I figure out the approximate outline, the sequence of subject matter for the chapter, numbering the material.

  • The activists there—numbering about 55 or 60 by nine in the evening yesterday—were harshly critical of Obama.

  • The Republicans, now numbering 47, could filibuster anything they wish.

  • Now numbering 5,000 across the country, charters receive tax dollars to operate with considerable autonomy and innovation.

  • There was a famous Bar, including all the big-wigs of course, and some lesser wigs, and numbering more than twenty in all.

  • This additional line is numbered 480 in the editions; so I omit l. 480 in the numbering.

  • The Sunday schools are in a very flourishing state; the girls attending them numbering about 650, and the boys about 500.

  • The church has two or three “guilds,” the female members thereof numbering about 200, and the males 100.

  • It came back numbering eight hundred and thirty-eight enlisted men and thirty-eight commissioned officers.