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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money numerals are symbols; numbers are the things that numerals symbolize |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | tell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate |
| Synonyms: | compute, count, count one by one, enumerate, number, numerate, reckon, tale, tally |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
| Antonyms: | estimate, figure, guess |
| Main Entry: | gibber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | babble |
| Synonyms: | blab, blather, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gabble, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, tal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| 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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