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Main Entry:	numb [nuhm] Show IPA/nʌm/ Show Spelled
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

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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

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Example Sentences

Consider getting a toll-free number for your small business.

But it is tricky to make accurate calculations of the number of lives lost.

By contrast, the number of newly discovered species continues to rise sharply.

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Consider getting a toll-free number for your small business.

But it is tricky to make accurate calculations of the number of lives lost.

By contrast, the number of newly discovered species continues to rise sharply.

We humans seem to be born with a number line in our head.

They could recall information from a page in a book and even tell me the page number.

The mild climate represented in this section is hospitable to a diverse number of plants.

The number of racist sites has increased sharply in five years, but it's had little effect on membership.

But defectors are growing in number and are getting better organised.

Your phone number will be clearly marked on the packaging.

Your fat cell number stays constant, but the individual fat cells die and are replaced.

There are a number of ways that the debate could be resolved.

Check the chart below to calculate the area that will be covered by a specified number of plants set out at various spacings.

Self-tracking can be tedious, though, especially if you're keeping tabs on a number of metrics.

The extent of its growth and the number of its adherents would suggest not.

The number of major hurricanes has more than doubled in the last six years.

One way to prevent this malignant transition is to limit the number of cell divisions.

After a number of other adventures and near escapes, his days in the front line drew to a close.

Closer to the poles, the number of daylight hours increases in summer and decreases in winter.

Count the number of revolutions and measure the distance it rolled.

There is an increasing number of smaller households: single persons, families with less kids, retired people living alone.

Now they number a million in the wild and have become pests, officials say.

In fact, they calculated the number of n-spheres for any n from five up.

In a church organ, this rather simple mechanism can produce only a certain number of sounds.

Paint and stenciling transform a nursery box into a house number.

There's the contact number for a caseworker he responds to.

But her birthday forms part of a much bigger national and international trend-the remarkable rise in the number of centenarians.

There are no limits on the number of entries one person can submit.

He discloses a number of these governmental shenanigans that will make your hair turn gray.

Now the growing number of people nearby pose a threat to the furtive primate.

Named varieties, many of them magnificent in bouquets, number in the tens of thousands.

That's about the double the previously-disclosed number of forces there.

As they walked toward the caves, they saw a large number of swiftlets sweeping through the sky above them.

Further, you consider that number of fingers to be negative.

By definition, every atom of a given element has a specific number of protons in its nucleus.

It's a blowout affair that includes an unlimited number of roasted ears for every participant.

He's written on a number of different tech topics, from startups to social media.

In the last ten years the number of women in prison has nearly doubled.

If there is an infinite number of universes then there must exist a universe where an infinite number of universes do not exist.

Density--the number of knots per inch--is less important to the quality of a wool-on-wool carpet.

Deer don't usually browse them, but the plants are subject to a number of pests and diseases.

Random number strings must have no built-in trends or biases.

The rest of the bars in the bar code indicate the house or mailbox number.

Thinking about that number provides an opportunity to talk about where we're headed and what makes us tick.

Postholiday diet resolutions number about the same as the adult population.

But it's not the percentage, it's the number who are paying that matters.

Yet it's a good guess that the actual number is double or even triple that.

Produces a small number of fruits add to my plant list.

Seven billion people is a tough number to truly comprehend.

Then, double the number of miles or kilometers to figure out how far it is from your house to the locale, then back to your house.

Number of leaflets is often variable within a species.

Adding a pond and waterfall increased the number of birds dramatically, she says.

Guard cellphone privacy with a number for each relationship.

If you must fill in a number, pick a number that is sure to raise an eyebrow or two--$500,000 should work.

Despite the fact that a large number of cast and crew arrived on site today, planning.

Bob picks a number between one and seven, then tells.

The city hosts a number of annual festivals and has its own ballet and symphony.

Of late, a number of spice companies have been covering their jars with lids that grind.

The idea is that you create superheroes with number values to capture the villains who also have number values.

Humans use two distinct number systems, one learned and.

Everyone agrees in the abstract that the number one.

The kit identification number you have entered is not recognized by the database.

Spelke says the link between number symbols and nonsymbolic arithmetic might help kids learn math more easily.

Smithsonian magazine receives an extremely large number of unsolicited proposals.

There are also a select number of covers that were created into individual posters.

Nonetheless, the overall number of roadside bomb incidents have continued to surge over the past year.

These data show the number of full-time faculty members who are.

And if someone has no word for a number, he may have no notion of what that number means.

The bottom of each plastic water bottle should have a number inside chasing arrows.

The skin's surface, with its many micropeaks and valleys, scatters a small number of the sun's ultraviolet rays.

Over the past few years, paleontologists have reported a growing number of cases of scavenging by insects.

Average income compared with number of people living below the poverty line.

American universities may still lead the world when it comes to the sheer number of students they attract.

Proponents maintain that an increase in their number results in.

In the past couple of decades, the number of older fathers has increased.

Odds of winning are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received.

Of course, a number of factors cause leaves to yellow.

When someone buys a computer or mobile phone, the number of consumers and producers both increase by one.

As the number of lines goes down, the subsidy required to provide lines to remote locations and poor customers will have to rise.

As you dispose of the container from your frozen dinner, you notice a number on the bottom of the package.

We asked a number of physicists for their reaction to the announcement of neutrinos breaking the cosmic.

I've been to a number of field sites, but this one was sort of a life-changing trip.

Cardoons are sadly ignored these days, except by a shrinking number of cooks who know how to deal with them.

Most of the snails were then released in the wild, where they rapidly grew in number.

Spacetime can take on a huge number of possible shapes.

The chart below shows the area that will be covered by a particular number of plants set out at various spacings.

We're doubling the number of fiber-served cell sites this year.

It has expanded rapidly in recent years and is hiring an increasing number of international faculty.

Researchers studying changes in the number of copies of genes in the two.

Players' relationships with bats have inspired any number of myths and tales.

There are a number of steps you can take before and during a remodel to protect your trees.

Researchers get help from a venerable number theory and a popular puzzle game to solve genetic medical mysteries.

I've written a number of books on images of black culture.

The number of genes that humans have has once again been brought into question by a new study.

The non-native snakes are believed to number in the tens of thousands and are.

The number of dimensions need not even be an integer, as in the case of fractals-patterns that look the same on all scales.

The process by which baby birds learn to sing shares a number of traits with that by which toddlers learn to talk.

Evergreen alstroemerias include two species and a number of hybrids.

Hundreds of thousands of possible metal alloy combinations can be formed from a relatively small number of elements.

The exhibition will take a concept that was traditionally oral and translate it in a number of contemporary visual forms.

Build a number of these trellis panels and attach them to the side.

The tally card helps keep track of the number of different species found.

There have been a number of astronomical observations that can only be explained by the presence of black holes.

Barbados is home to a number of historical plantation houses, which offer glimpses into the life of the island's early settlers.

Or she can stop at any number of inviting spots in-between.

While the number of languages is relatively low, the number of language families is great, and they are highly endangered.

Modern techniques can cut the number of animals used and improve data quality.

Consult the manual's troubleshooting section or call the toll-free customer service number.

The surprise find doubles the number of frogs and other amphibians in the island country, and suggests.

Every complex number can be rep-resented by a point in the plane of complex numbers is called the complex plane.

Each seminar has a limited number of seats and requires an additional taste ticket, available on-site only.

Because you remove a number of lateral buds along with the stem or branch, you're less likely to wind up with.

To increase the number of hives and honey production.

As with many number tricks, you can understand it using simple algebra.

The canyon holds a number of great hikes, from the easy and family-friendly to.

They know how many strides they've taken and the length of each, and that magic number gives them their distance from home.

Why is my inclination to read a comment inversely proportional to the number of inverted commas appearing in.

The eight dimensions of the octonions aren't the only interesting thing about the number eight, however.

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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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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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