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Definition number in British English
number
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
noun
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
a sign or word that represents an amount or quantity. 1, 2, 3 etc and 'one', 'two', 'three' etc are numbers
As a tennis player, she was rated number one (=the best) in the country.
Her flat number is 16C.
a number that marks something in a way that separates it from everything else of its type, so that you can easily find it or discover who it belongs to
a song or piece of music, especially one that is part of a longer performance
someone or something that is unusual or attractive
She was wearing a little black number (=dress or outfit).
back numbers (=old copies) of the Guardian

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