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number

 
 
/ˈnʌmbər/ verb [T]

Translation

GIVE A NUMBER to give something a number
numaralandırmak, numara vermek, sayı belirtmek
[often passive] Each volume was numbered and indexed.13871388
BE AN AMOUNT If people or things number a particular amount, there are that many of them.
...a/e varmak; toplamı ...ı/i bulmak
Our company's sales force numbered over 5,000.13871388
(Definition of number verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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