number Définition - Anglais Dictionnaire | number Explications et Prononciations

NC An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
1. Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers. ‎

NC (mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.

(Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position 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.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. [ …]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

(grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

(now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.

NC A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

NC INF A person.

SLA (chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.

(dated) An issue of a periodical publication.

VT To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
1. Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.

VI 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.

Adjectif

Plus d'exemples

Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- The university recently expelled a number of students for dorcassing
- With the notion of uncorrelatedness for random variables under the sublinear expectation, a weak law of large numbers is obtained.
- People doing the tracking can locate the trackees through a Web or cellphone interface or by calling the company’s toll-free number and providing the operator with a password.
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
- How much is that Rolls Royce? We are talking telephone numbers.
- The properties of hydrocarbons can be correlated with the carbon number.

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