number
To total or count; to amount toTo total or count; to amount to.
» Please call me at this number.
Ruf mich bitte unter dieser Nummer an. — Tamy
Rufen Sie mich bitte unter dieser Telefonnummer an! — Tamy
Позвоните мне, пожалуйста, по этому номеру. — papersaltserver
Будь ласка, зателефонуй мені за цим номером. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
8 senses(intransitive)To total or count; to amount to.
I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
zählen
насчи́тыватьnasčítyvatʹ, исчисля́тьсяisčisljátʹsja
determine the number or amount of
(transitive)To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
The old man knew that his days were numbered.
place a limit on the number of
(transitive)To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
nummerieren
нумерова́тьnumerovátʹ
give numbers to
(transitive)To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
Shelley numbered off the group into two teams for the baseball game.
(transitive)To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
enumerate
(transitive, usually)To classify or include (in a group of things).
Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.
put into a group
(intransitive, usually)To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).
Her horses number among the fastest in her country.
(archaic, literary, transitive)To count; to determine the quantity of.
The king ordered that all his subjects be numbered.
Who can number all the stars and who can count the desert sands?
add up in number or quantity
Examples
3272 sentencesPlease call me at this number.
Будь ласка, зателефонуй мені за цим номером. — deniko
ruПозвоните мне, пожалуйста, по этому номеру. — papersaltserver
deRuf mich bitte unter dieser Nummer an. — Tamy
I must have the wrong number.
Я, напевне, помилився номером. — aandrusiak
deIch muss die falsche Nummer haben. — Manfredo
Does she know your phone number?
Чи вона знає твій телефонний номер? — ChickenKiev
ruОна знает твой номер телефона? — afyodor
deKennt sie Ihre Telefonnummer? — MUIRIEL
I wrote down that telephone number.
Я записав цей номер телефону. — aandrusiak
ruЯ записал тот номер телефона. — marafon
deIch habe die Telefonnummer aufgeschrieben. — mayabe
The number of students is dropping.
Кількість студентів зменшується. — deniko
ruКоличество студентов уменьшается. — marafon
deDie Zahl der Schüler sinkt. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre,Inherited from Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute, to give, to take”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Displaced Middle English ȝetæl and rime; more at tell, tale and rhyme. Distantly related (via Proto-Indo-European) to obsolete English nim (“to take, seize”) and its Germanic cognates (e.g. German nehmen), hence also to numb.
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Forms
numbers, numbering, numbered, numberedSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Numbers, dates and time — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- phone number
- a number of
- telephone number
- his phone number
- your phone number
- my phone number
- the number of
- the wrong number
- your telephone number
- number of times
- her phone number
- his telephone number