Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
"she preferred the black nylon number"
"this sweater is an all-wool number"
verb
Sense 4
"We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 5
"You should number the pages of the thesis"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun
Sense 7
the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
"in English the subject and the verb must agree in number"
noun
Sense 8
"he had a number of chores to do"
"the number of parameters is small"
"the figure was about a thousand"
Type of:
amount
verb
Sense 10
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 11
"The bills amounted to $2,000"
"The bill came to $2,000"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 12
"Can you count the books on your shelf?"
"Count your change"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 13
"The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun
Sense 15
"she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist''s waitingroom"
Type of:
periodical
Kinds of:
edition
noun
Sense 16
"he has an unlisted number"
noun
Sense 17
"he did his act three times every evening"
"she had a catchy little routine"
"it was one of the best numbers he ever did"
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
127
Times Searched
3
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