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See also: Numbers
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnʌmbɚz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnʌmbəz/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: num‧bers
Noun[edit]
numbers
Noun[edit]
numbers pl (plural only)
- Many individuals as a group.
- Numbers of people have visited the fair.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: SSV Normandy:
- Wrex: We didn't have the numbers to go to war. Even if we did, the genophage made sure we couldn't replenish our numbers fast enough.
Quotations[edit]
- 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 50:
- Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic.
Verb[edit]
numbers
- third-person singular simple present indicative of number