Numbers

1 the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt [syn: Book of Numbers]

2 an illegal daily lottery [syn: numbers pool, numbers game, numbers racket]

see Numbers

English

Pronunciation

Noun

numbers

1. Plural of number
2. Many individuals as a group.

Quotations

• 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 50

  Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic.

Verb

numbers

1. third-person singular of number

A number is a mathematical concept used to describe and assess quantity.

Number may also refer to:

• Grammatical number, a morphological grammatical category indicating the quantity of referents
• Number (game), a number-guessing computer game
• Number (magazine), a Japanese sports magazine
• Number (manga), a manga by Tsubaki Kawori
• Number (music), a self-contained piece of music
• Preferred number, a number that fits a standard guideline for choosing exact product dimensions within industrial design constraints
• Telephone number, often referred to as simply a number

Numbers may also refer to:

• The Book of Numbers, part of the Torah; the fourth book of the Bible
• Numb3rs, an American TV show
• Numbers (Cat Stevens album), an album by Cat Stevens
• Numbers game, a gambling scheme common in poor US urban neighborhoods
• The Numbers, part of the mythology in the US TV series Lost
  • "Numbers" (Lost), an episode of the Lost TV series
• Numbers (Nanoha), a group of characters in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS anime series
• Numbers (software), a spreadsheet application developed by Apple as part of its iWork '08 suite

See also

• :Category: Numbers

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