American Dictionary
Definition number in American English
number
verb
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[transitive]
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/ˈnʌmbər/
1
to give a number to something or to each thing that is part of a set
Example
Number each page in the upper right-hand corner.
2
to consist of a particular quantity of people or things
Example
Serbs numbered only 10 percent of the region's population.

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abundant number (noun)
access number (noun)
any number of something (phrase)
atomic number (noun)
back number (noun)
box number (noun)
card (noun)
cardinal number (noun)
deficient number (noun)
do a number on (phrase)
E number (noun)
even number (phrase)
have (got) someone’s number (phrase)
ICE number (noun)
index number (noun)
license plate (noun)
magic number (noun)
mixed number (noun)
number (noun)
number (verb)
Number 10 (noun)
number among (phrasal verb)
number cruncher (noun)
number crunching (noun)
number off (phrasal verb)
number one (noun)
number one (adjective)
number plate (noun)
number two (noun)
odd number (phrase)
of someone’s number (phrase)
opposite number (noun)
ordinal number (noun)
perfect number (noun)
perfect square number (noun)
phone number (noun)
PIN number (noun)
prime number (noun)
production number (noun)
public enemy number one (phrase)
public enemy number one (noun)
(quite) a number of something (phrase)
registration number (noun)
round number (phrase)
serial number (noun)
someone’s number is up (phrase)
telephone number (noun)
telephone number salary (noun)
whole number (noun)
number (phrase)
0800 number (noun)
1800 number ()
190 number (noun)
800 number (noun)
900 number (noun)