[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

number \num"ber\ nu^m"b~er, n. oe. nombre, f. nombre, l.
   numerus; akin to gr. no`mos that which is dealt out, fr.
   ne`mein to deal out, distribute. see numb, nomad, and cf.
   numerate, numero, numerous.
   1. that which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or
      an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection
      of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things
      expressible by figures.
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   2. a collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a
      multitude; many.
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            ladies are always of great use to the party they
            espouse, and never fail to win over numbers.
                                                  --addison.
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   3. a numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to
      put a number on a door.
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   4. numerousness; multitude.
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            number itself importeth not much in armies where the
            people are of weak courage.           --bacon.
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   5. the state or quality of being numerable or countable.
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            of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds
            out of number.                        --2 esdras
                                                  iii. 7.
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   6. quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate
      things.
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   7. that which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as
      divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry,
      verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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            i lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --pope.
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   8. gram. the distinction of objects, as one, or more than
      one in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two,
      expressed usually by a difference in the form of a word;
      thus, the singular number and the plural number are the
      names of the forms of a word indicating the objects
      denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than
      one.
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   9. math. the measure of the relation between quantities or
      things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity
      which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical
      value.
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   abstract number, abundant number, cardinal number, etc.
      see under abstract, abundant, etc.

   in numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in
      numbers.
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see also:
numb nomad numerate numero numerous abstract number 
abundant number cardinal number abstract abundant in numbers 

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