numbers

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

numbers

  1. plural of number

Noun[edit]

numbers pl (plural only)

  1. 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

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of number

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