number
noun/ˈnʌmbər/
Слово англійською: number
Переклад number українською: числі́вник, число́, но́мер, кі́лькість, чисе́льність, но́мер раху́нку, номерни́й знак автомобі́ля, но́мер телефо́ну, реєстраці́йний но́мер автомобі́ля
Детальний опис
- [countable] a word or symbol that represents an amount or a quantity synonym figure
- Think of a number and multiply it by two.
- a high/low number
- even numbers (= 2, 4, 6, etc.)
- odd numbers (= 1, 3, 5, etc.)
- You owe me 27 dollars? Make it 30, that's a good round number.
- [countable] (abbreviation No., British English also No)(symbol #)used before a figure to show the position of something in a series
- They live at number 26.
- The song reached number 5 in the charts.
- [countable] (often in compounds) a set of figures that is used to identify something or communicate by phone, etc.
- Ask for the customer's name and phone number.
- Customers can reach us by calling an 0800 number (= a free phone number in the UK).
- I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong number (= wrong phone number).
- Call this number and ask to speak to John.
- What is your account number, please?
- Can I have your credit card number?
- Please give your landline and mobile phone numbers.
- [countable] a quantity of people or things
- number of somebody/something A large number of people have applied for the job.
- In a small number of cases the illness is fatal.
- The number of homeless people has increased dramatically.
- The total number of students has doubled in the last six years.
- Huge numbers of (= very many) animals have died.
- A number of (= some) problems have arisen.
- I could give you any number of (= a lot of) reasons for not going.
- Use a pedometer to count the number of steps you take.
- Our aim is to reduce the number of road accidents.
- This year we have increased the number of events from six to ten.
- in number We were eight in number (= there were eight of us).
- Nurses are leaving the profession in increasing numbers.
- Sheer weight of numbers (= the large number of soldiers) secured them the victory.
- The course will have to be repeated owing to pressure of numbers (= too many students).
- staff/student numbers
- [singular] (formal) a group or quantity of people
- one of our number (= one of us)
- The prime minister is elected by MPs from among their number.
- [countable] (British English) the version of a magazine, etc. published on a particular day, in a particular month, etc. synonym issue
- the October number of ‘Vogue’
- The back numbers of ‘The Times’ were kept in a basement.
- [countable] a song or dance, especially one of several in a performance
- They sang a slow romantic number.
- [singular] (informal) (following one or more adjectives) a thing, such as a dress or a car, that is admired
- She was wearing a black velvet number.
- [uncountable] the form of a word, showing whether one or more than one person or thing is being talked about
- The word ‘men’ is plural in number.
- The subject of a sentence and its verb must agree in number.
word/symbol
position in series
phone, etc.
quantity
group of people
magazine
song/dance
thing admired
grammar
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French nombre (noun), nombrer (verb), from Latin numerus.
Idioms
by numbers
- following a set of simple instructions identified by numbers
- painting by numbers
by the numbers
- (North American English) following closely the accepted rules for doing something
a cushy number
- (British English) an easy job; a pleasant situation that other people would like
- It’s all right for him—he’s got a very cushy number.
do a number on somebody/something
- (especially North American English, informal) to do something that will harm somebody/something, especially when it feels like it is done deliberately, from a desire to hurt (even if this is not actually the case)
- Throat cancer did a number on me a few years ago.
- The Covid-19 pandemic did a number on global stock markets.
have (got) somebody’s number
- (informal) to know what somebody is really like and what they plan to do
- He thinks he can fool me but I've got his number.
your number is up
- (informal) the time has come when you will die or lose everything
numbers game
- a way of considering an activity, etc. that considers only the number of people doing something, things achieved, etc., not with who or what they are
- MPs were playing the numbers game as the crucial vote drew closer.
your opposite number
- (informal) a person who does the same job as you in another organization
- The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House.
there’s safety in numbers
- (saying) being in a group makes you safer and makes you feel more confident
there's strength in numbers
- (saying) being in a group gives you more power
- There's strength in numbers, so encourage your friends and family to join us.
weight of numbers
- the combined power, strength or influence of a group
- They won the argument by sheer weight of numbers.