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# number

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Jawaharlal Nehru
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## English

### Etymology 1

Anglo-Norman noumbre, from Old French nombre, from [[w:Template:lang:la language|Template:lang:la]][[Category:Template:lang:la derivations]] numerus, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (to divide).

#### Noun

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 Singular number Plural {{{1}}}
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1. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
2. (countable) A symbol for a non-negative integer; a numeral.
3. (countable) (mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers,integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.
The equation $e^{i\pi}+1=0$ includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, $\pi$, $i$, and $e$.
4. (Followed by a numeral; used attributive) Showing the rank of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
Horse number 5 won the race.
5. Quantity.
Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time
6. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
7. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright".
##### Synonyms
• (mathematical number): scalar

#### Verb

 Infinitive to number Third person singular - Simple past - Past participle - Present participle -
to number (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
1. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
2. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.

### Etymology 2

From numb + -er.

#### Pronunciation

number

1. Comparative form of numb: more numb.

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