NUMBER [nuhm-ber] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
numb [nuhm]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deadened, insensitive
Synonyms: aloof, anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, benumbed, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, immobilized, incurious, indifferent, insensate, insensible, insentient, lethargic, listless, numbed, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, stuporous, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, uncurious, unfeeling, uninterested
Antonyms: lively, responsive, sensitive
Main Entry: number
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: aggregate, bunch
Synonyms: abundance, amount, caboodle, collection, company, conglomeration, crowd, estimate, flock, horde, jillion, lot, manifoldness, many, multitude, plenitude, plenty, product, quantity, slew, sum, throng, total, totality, umpteen, volume, whole, zillion
Antonyms: one
Main Entry: number
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: count, calculate
Synonyms: account, add, add up, aggregate, amount, come, computer, count heads, count noses, count off, enumerate, estimate, figure in, figure out, include, keep tabs, numerate, reckon, run, run down, run into, run to, sum, take account of, tale, tally, tell, tick off, total, tote, tote up
Antonyms: estimate, guess
Example Sentences
  • Count the number of revolutions and measure the distance it rolled.
  • Check the chart below to calculate the area that will be covered by a specified number of plants set out at various spacings.
  • There is an increasing number of smaller households: single persons, families with less kids, retired people living alone.
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Number.
Category: 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT
Synonyms:
-nouns
number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer; counter; round number; formula; function; series., sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number; reciprocal; totient., permutation, combination, variation; election., ratio, proportion, progression; arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression; percentage., figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers., power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm; modulus., differential, integral, fluxion, fluent.
-adjectives
numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable., proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive., positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real; complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible.
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Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: part of a performance
Synonyms: bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, schtick, show, sketch, spot, turn
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Main Entry: address
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of residence or business where one can be contacted
Synonyms: abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts, zip code
Main Entry: admit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confess, acknowledge
Synonyms: accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, go into details, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield
Antonyms: confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse
Main Entry: aggregate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: combine into a collection
Synonyms: accumulate, add up, amass, amount, assemble, collect, combine, come, heap, mix, number, pile, sum, total
Antonyms: break up, disperse, divide
Main Entry: amount
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: quantity
Synonyms: aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper
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