Numbers
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And too much of a focus on Numbers can obscure strategic truths.
The Numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
That was the extent of it during the peak of the flames, and the Numbers that swooshed around in the press the next day.
Well, the Numbers tell us so, as do all of our day-to-day interactions, just as the president said.
These are the Numbers as reported to the government by police departments themselves.
Fine pools for the first six miles, with Numbers of ducks in them.
Many of the Numbers bear the name of an old colonial dignitary.
But the troops were now deployed and able to bring their Numbers to bear.
They were nearly equal in Numbers to any two battalions in the brigade.
His Numbers were very inferior, and almost the whole were slain.
Numbers
- a self-contained piece of pop or jazz music
- a self-contained part of an opera or other musical score, esp one for the stage
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c.1300, "to count," from Old French nombrer "to count, reckon," from nombre (n.) "number" (see number (n.)). Meaning "to assign a number to" is late 14c.; that of "to ascertain the number of" is from early 15c. Related: Numbered ; numbering .
c.1300, "sum, aggregate of a collection," from Anglo-French noumbre , Old French nombre and directly from Latin numerus "a number, quantity," from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot" (related to Greek nemein "to deal out;" see nemesis). Meaning "symbol or figure of arithmatic value" is from late 14c. Meaning "single (numbered) issue of a magazine" is from 1795. The meaning "musical selection" (1885) is from vaudeville theater programs, where acts were marked by a number. Meaning "dialing combination to reach a particular telephone receiver" is from 1879; hence wrong number (1886).
number num·ber (nŭm'bər)
A symbol expressive of a certain value or of a specific quantity determined by count.
The place of any unit in a series.
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A member of the set of positive integers. Each number is one of a series of unique symbols, each of which has exactly one predecessor except the first symbol in the series (1), and none of which are the predecessor of more than one number.
A member of any of the further sets of mathematical objects defined in terms of such numbers, such as negative integers, real numbers, and complex numbers.
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number definition
The grammatical category that classifies a noun, pronoun, or verb as singular or plural. Woman, it, and is are singular; women, they, and are are plural.
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A player's averages, statistics, etc; stats: I've always thought numbers were a hill of beans. The only numbers that matter are wins and losses (Sports)
- A person, esp one considered to be clever and resourceful or attractive; article, hot number • Always preceded by an adjective or by the locution ''quite a'': some dizzy broad that must have been a snappy number/ bored-looking number(1919+)
- A piece of merchandise, esp of clothing; article: Ifound a number I liked pretty well(1894+)
- A theatrical act or routine, esp a song; shtick: He does that number with the tablecloth(1885+ Show business)
- A tactic or trick; act: When he's pulling one of his numbers, he knows what he's doing(1970s+)
- A casual homosexual partner; trick(Homosexuals)
- A marijuana cigarette: smoked a couple of numbers in the room(1960s+ Narcotics)
[merchandise sense fr the model number that most retail items have]
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