Definitions for numbers
ˈnʌm bərznum·bers

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1. Numbers, Book of Numbersnoun

   the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

2. numbers pool, numbers game, numbers racket, numbersnoun

   an illegal daily lottery

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1. Numbersnoun

   The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

2. numbersnoun

   Many individuals as a group.

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1. Numbersnoun

   pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews

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1. Numbers

   Numbers is a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. as part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages. Numbers 1.0 was announced on 7 August 2007 and thus it is the newest application in the iWork suite. Numbers runs on Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" or newer. On 27 January 2010, Apple announced a new version of Numbers for iPad with an all new touch interface. The app was later updated to support iPhone and iPod Touch. Numbers uses a free-form "canvas" approach that demotes tables to one of many different media types placed on a page. Other media, like charts, graphics and text, are treated as peers. In comparison, traditional spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel use the table as the primary container, with other media placed within the table. Numbers also includes features from the seminal Lotus Improv, notably the use of formulas based on ranges rather than cells. However, it implements these using traditional spreadsheet concepts, as opposed to Improv's use of multidimensional databases. Numbers also includes numerous stylistic improvements in an effort to improve the visual appearance of spreadsheets. At its introductory demonstration, Steve Jobs pitched a more usable interface and better control over the appearance and presentation of tables of data.

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1. numbers

   [scientific computation] Output of a computation that may not be significant results but at least indicate that the program is running. May be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. Making numbers means running a program because output — any output, not necessarily meaningful output — is needed as a demonstration of progress. See pretty pictures, math-out, social science number.

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1. numbersnoun

   Plural noun of the word number.

   Her new smartphone allows her to keep all her families names, numbers and addresses in it so she recycled her paper one.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 1, 2016  

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1. numbers

   Song lyrics by numbers -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by numbers on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Book
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'numbers' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #924

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'numbers' in Written Corpus Frequency: #774

How to pronounce numbers?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say numbers in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of numbers in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of numbers in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of numbers in a Sentence

1. Wesley Bell:

   This community came out in record numbers to make sure our voices were heard, when you have a community engaged, the sky is the limit.

2. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:

   The number isn't quite right, but that doesn't matter, the point is this: the CBO numbers have fluctuated for more than a week. One day up. One day down. We are satisfied with the agreement we have.

3. Buckingham Palace:

   In consultation with the Medical Household and Government, a number of public events with large numbers of people due to have been attended by The Queen, and other members of the royal family, in the coming months will be canceled or postponed.

4. Brett Giroir:

   We are not able to provide specific budget numbers at this time. ... But we are highly confident that the resources being provided in 2020 are sufficient to support this very aggressive program, in my mind, the program has already started. We have been working together for months putting this together.

5. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley:

   That's what real leadership is about. That's the sort of new leadership that people are looking for, not the sort of leadership that waits for poll numbers or for focus groups or puts a finger to the wind to see which way public consensus is going. No, that's not leadership.

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