number
noun (AMOUNT) /ˈnʌm.bər/
/-bɚ/ Definition
B1 [S, + sing/pl verb] an amount or total: The number of people killed in road accidents fell last month. There has been an increasing number of cases of the disease. A small number of children are educated at home. A large number of invitations has been sent. Letters of complaint were surprisingly few in number (= there were not many of them).General words for size and amount numbers [plural] › a number of a particular description: Small numbers of children are educated at home. Large numbers of invitations were sent. Newspapers are produced in vast numbers.General words for size and amount a number of things B2 several of a particular type of thing: I decided not to go, for a number of reasons.General words for size and amount › [S, + sing/pl verb] a group of people: On the trip, one of our number fell ill.Groups of people
(Definition of number noun (AMOUNT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -sized suffix
- amount noun
- bulk noun
- content noun (AMOUNT)
- element noun (AMOUNT)
- flow noun (CONTINUOUS NUMBER)
- footprint noun (SIZE)
- good things come in small packages idiom
- level noun (HEIGHT)
- load noun (AMOUNT CARRIED)
- order noun (TYPE)
- part noun (SOME)
- quota noun
- ration noun
- scale noun (MEASURE)
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- size noun (AMOUNT)
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